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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Autore principale: Kalemli-Ozcan, Sebnem
Altri autori: Gourinchas, Pierre-Olivier, Penciakova, Veronika, Sander, Nick
Natura: Periodico
Lingua:English
Pubblicazione: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2020.
Serie:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2020/207
Accesso online:Full text available on IMF