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Debt financing among native- and immigrant-owned firms: empirical evidence from Swedish small business at start up stage

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  • Darush Yazdanfar
  • Saeid Abbasian

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This paper provides evidence on ethnic differences in bank debt financing among small Swedish firms at the start-up stage. The empirical analysis is carried out on a sample of small firms consisting of 2,814 native- and immigrant-owned firms for year 2008. The method of binary logistic regression analysis was mainly performed to analyse the data. The empirical results suggest that immigrant-owned firms tend to use less bank debt than their native counterparts. Moreover, the variables related to human capital, previous experience of starting a business, university education and an additional job beside the business have a positive impact on the use of bank debt. There is also a positive influence of personal start capital and the size of firm in terms of number of employees on access to debt capital. However, firm characteristics, legal form and industry affiliation affect the debt funding negatively, indicating that firms with less formalised legal status operating in less developed market segments and with less physical capital are less likely to have access to debt capital.

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  • Darush Yazdanfar & Saeid Abbasian, 2014. "Debt financing among native- and immigrant-owned firms: empirical evidence from Swedish small business at start up stage," World Review of Entrepreneurship, Management and Sustainable Development, Inderscience Enterprises Ltd, vol. 10(4), pages 422-434.
    • Handle: RePEc:ids:wremsd:v:10:y:2014:i:4:p:422-434
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    1. Bryan Malki & Timur Uman & Daniel Pittino, 2022. "The entrepreneurial financing of the immigrant entrepreneurs: a literature review," Small Business Economics, Springer, vol. 58(3), pages 1337-1365, March.

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