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Credit Crunch or Loan Demand Shortage: What Is the Problem with the SMEs’ Financing?

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  • M. Belén Guercio

    (Instituto de Investigaciones Económicas y Sociales del Sur (IIESS) UNS-CONICET, Universidad Nacional del Sur. Departamento de Economía, Universidad Provincial del Sudoeste, Bahía Blanca, Argentina)

  • Lisana B. Martinez

    (Instituto de Investigaciones Económicas y Sociales del Sur (IIESS) UNS-CONICET, Universidad Nacional del Sur. Departamento de Economía, Universidad Provincial del Sudoeste, Bahía Blanca, Argentina)

  • Aurelio F. Bariviera

    (Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Reus, Spain)

  • Valeria Scherger

    (Instituto de Investigaciones Económicas y Sociales del Sur (IIESS) UNS-CONICET, Departamento de Economía, Universidad Nacional del Sur, Bahía Blanca, Argentina)

Abstract

The aim of this paper is to study the determinants of bank loan applications and financial access of small and medium enterprises from 2013 to 2015. We applied binary and ordered logit models to a sample of 27.811 firms from 37 countries from the Survey on the Access to Finance of Enterprises (SAFE). We provided evidence that larger firms and those belonging to the industry sector are more likely to apply for and obtain bank loans. A puzzling result was found regarding the matter of innovation. It is relevant for both application and access to bank loans, but in opposite ways: innovation boosts external finance applications but hampers actual financial access. Furthermore, the use of retained earnings enhances financial application and the effective financial access. This could indicate that internal funds are complementary, rather than substitutes in the firms’ financial structure. The results of the study are relevant to improve policies of SMEs access to finance in the European context.

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  • M. Belén Guercio & Lisana B. Martinez & Aurelio F. Bariviera & Valeria Scherger, 2020. "Credit Crunch or Loan Demand Shortage: What Is the Problem with the SMEs’ Financing?," Czech Journal of Economics and Finance (Finance a uver), Charles University Prague, Faculty of Social Sciences, vol. 70(6), pages 521-540, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:fau:fauart:v:70:y:2020:i:6:p:521-540
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    Cited by:

    1. Marie Finnegan & Supriya Kapoor, 2023. "ECB unconventional monetary policy and SME access to finance," Small Business Economics, Springer, vol. 61(3), pages 1253-1288, October.

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    Keywords

    SMEs; European countries; loan access; loan application; firms’ demographic characteristics; innovation;
    All these keywords.

    JEL classification:

    • G32 - Financial Economics - - Corporate Finance and Governance - - - Financing Policy; Financial Risk and Risk Management; Capital and Ownership Structure; Value of Firms; Goodwill
    • G39 - Financial Economics - - Corporate Finance and Governance - - - Other
    • C25 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Single Equation Models; Single Variables - - - Discrete Regression and Qualitative Choice Models; Discrete Regressors; Proportions; Probabilities

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