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Public guarantee schemes, corruption and gender: a European SME-level analysis

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  • Graziella Bonanno
  • Nadia Fiorino
  • Giampaolo Garzarelli
  • Stefania Patrizia Sonia Rossi

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Does a corrupt politico-institutional environment affect the demand of public subsidies for credit access – so-called public guarantee schemes – by small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) helmed by female entrepreneurs? The paper tackles this question by using a large sample of European SMEs over 2010–2014 while also carefully addressing possible endogeneity issues. It provides robust evidence that, compared to their male counterparts, female entrepreneurs: (a) tend to demand more public subsidies, and (b) are more sensitive to the quality of the politico-institutional environment. The upshot is that a corrupt environment is not gender neutral: in light of ‘essential gender features,’ corruption negatively influences SMEs helmed by female entrepreneurs more than male ones.

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  • Graziella Bonanno & Nadia Fiorino & Giampaolo Garzarelli & Stefania Patrizia Sonia Rossi, 2020. "Public guarantee schemes, corruption and gender: a European SME-level analysis," Applied Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 52(60), pages 6498-6513, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:applec:v:52:y:2020:i:60:p:6498-6513
    DOI: 10.1080/00036846.2020.1798342
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    1. Le Thanh Ha & Dao Hanh Le & Nguyen Ngoc Mai, 2021. "Bribes, market power and access to credit: evidence from cross-country firm-level data," International Review of Economics, Springer;Happiness Economics and Interpersonal Relations (HEIRS), vol. 68(4), pages 527-550, December.

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