SMEs' Access to Finance in the Euro Area : What Helps or Hampers? /

The monetary transmission mechanism in the euro area has been adversely affected by the recent crises. Using survey data on thousands of euro area firms, we study factors that affect the access to finance of SMEs. We find that changes in bank funding costs and borrower leverage matter for firms'...

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Главный автор: Ozturk, Bahar
Другие авторы: Mrkaic, Mico
Формат: Журнал
Язык:English
Опубликовано: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2014.
Серии:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2014/078
Online-ссылка:Full text available on IMF
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