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The Bank Financing of Small Firms in UK: Issues and Evidence

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  • Keasey, Kevin
  • Watson, Robert

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This paper focuses on the, often strained, contractual relationships between banks and small firms in the UK. In the UK both the adequacy of the supply of debt finance to small firms (the so-called finance gap) and the contractual conditions attaching to it have frequently been seen as a major constraint on the development of the small firm sector. In this regard, the main UK clearing banks have been identified as the main culprits and have frequently been criticized for being too 'risk-averse', particularly in relation to the financial needs of rapidly growing small firms. Our analysis of the theoretical and empirical literature suggests, however, that the perception of a finance gap and other contractual conflicts between banks and small firms can be more adequately explained in terms of the differences in the economic functions, relative risks, payoffs and, therefore, the economic interests of the suppliers of equity and debt finance. Copyright 1994 by Kluwer Academic Publishers

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  • Keasey, Kevin & Watson, Robert, 1994. "The Bank Financing of Small Firms in UK: Issues and Evidence," Small Business Economics, Springer, vol. 6(5), pages 349-362, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:kap:sbusec:v:6:y:1994:i:5:p:349-62
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    4. Waniak-Michalak Halina, 2017. "The role of loan and guarantee funds in filling the funding gap for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises," Financial Internet Quarterly (formerly e-Finanse), Sciendo, vol. 13(4), pages 127-135, December.
    5. Ugwu-Oju M. Obiageri & Vincent A. Onodugo & Mbah, Paulinus Chigozie*, 2019. "Assessing the Effectiveness of Commercial Bank Loans as Sources of Funding/ Capital Formation for Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in Southeast, Nigeria," Business, Management and Economics Research, Academic Research Publishing Group, vol. 5(4), pages 62-70, 04-2019.
    6. Mark Freel & Sara Carter & Stephen Tagg & Colin Mason, 2012. "The latent demand for bank debt: characterizing “discouraged borrowers”," Small Business Economics, Springer, vol. 38(4), pages 399-418, May.

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