COVID-19 and SME Failures /

We estimate the impact of the COVID-19 crisis on business failures among small and medium size enterprises (SMEs) in seventeen countries using a large representative firm-level database. We use a simple model of firm cost-minimization and measure each firm's liquidity shortfall during and after...

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Autor principal: Kalemli-Ozcan, Sebnem
Otros Autores: Gourinchas, Pierre-Olivier, Penciakova, Veronika, Sander, Nick
Formato: Revista
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2020.
Colección:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2020/207
Acceso en línea:Full text available on IMF