The Missing Link Between Financial Constraints and Productivity /

The global financial crisis has reopened the debate on the potential spillover effects from the financial sector to the real economy. This paper adds to that debate by providing new evidence on the link between finance and firm-level productivity, focusing on the case of Estonia. We contribute to th...

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Glavni avtor: Moreno Badia, Marialuz
Drugi avtorji: Slootmaekers, Veerle
Format: Revija
Jezik:English
Izdano: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2009.
Serija:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2009/072
Online dostop:Full text available on IMF
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