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Slow rockets and fast feathers or the link between exchange rates and exports : a case study for Pakistan

Brun, Martín; Gambetta, Juan Pedro; Varela, Gonzalo - 2020

Export responses to real exchange rate (RER) depreciations in Pakistan are lower than those to appreciations. This paper empirically documents this asymmetric response using macro-level data. It then relies on a disaggregated export product-level data set for 2003-17 to test, within a panel...

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Group-based cognitive behavioral training improves mental health of SME entrepreneurs : experimental evidence from conflict-affected areas of Pakistan

Saraf, Priyam; Rahman, Tasmia; Jamison, Julian C. - 2019

, indicating the clinical value of such low-touch early interventions. An endline survey is planned at 18 months to assess the …

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Measuring the unmeasured : combining technology and behavioral insights to improve measurement of business outcomes

Anderson, Stephen J.; Lazicky, Christy; Zia, Bilal - 2019

Business survey outcomes for micro and small firms are notoriously noisy, with multiple sources of measurement and … recall error. This paper introduces a new survey methodology that combines automatic consistency checks of electronic data … recommendations for increased attention to survey design with a method to leverage electronic survey technology beyond consistency …

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The rise of domestic capital markets for corporate financing

Abraham, Facundo; Cortina, Juan J.; Schmukler, Sergio L. - 2019

During the past decades, firms from emerging economies have significantly increased the amount of financing obtained in capital markets. Whereas the literature argues that international markets have been an important contributor to this process, the role of domestic markets is mostly unknown. By...

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Gender bias in SME lending : experimental evidence from Turkey

Alibhai, Salman; Donald, Aletheia; Goldstein, Markus P.; … - 2019

Gender disparities in small and medium-size enterprise lending exist around the world and impede the growth of millions of women-led firms. This paper examines a potential driver of these disparities: gender-biased loan officers. Officer bias is measured through a novel loan application...

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Heterogeneous effects of the de jure and de facto business environment : findings from multiple data sets on the business environment

Qiang, Christine Zhenwei; Wang, He; Xu, Lixin Colin - 2020

Using multiple sources of national- and firm-level data around the world, this paper investigates how the effects of the business environment depend on whether themeasure is de jure or de facto, and how business environment effects differ by ownership and size. The paper compares estimates of...

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Free riding in loan approvals : evidence from SME lending in Peru

Arraiz, Irani; Bruhn, Miriam; Roth, Benjamin N.; … - 2019

This paper provides evidence that commercial lenders in Peru free ride off their peers' screening efforts. Leveraging a discontinuity in the loan approval process of a large bank, the study finds that competing lenders responded to additional loan approvals by issuing approvals of their own....

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Lights off, lights on : the effects of electricity shortages on small firms

Hardy, Morgan; McCasland, Jamie - 2019

Entrepreneurs in developing countries report that unreliable electricity imposes a serious constraint, yet little evidence exists on how blackouts impact the micro firms that account for the majority of employment. This paper estimates the effects of outages on small firms using original...

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Micro-equity for microenterprises

De Mel, Suresh; McKenzie, David J.; Woodruff, Christopher - 2019

Many microenterprises in developing countries have high returns to capital, but also face risky revenue streams. In principle, equity offers several advantages over debt when financing investments of this nature, but the use of equity in practice has been largely limited to investments in much...

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Improving mental well-being and productivity of small-medium entrepreneurs in fragile, conflict and violence affected areas : can cognitive behavioral therapy trainings help?

Saraf, Priyam; Rahman, Tasmia; Gallardo, Miguel; … - 2018

This literature review summarizes the link between psychological well-being and entrepreneurial outcomes for small and medium-size enterprises in fragile, conflict, and violence-affected contexts. It identifies potentially promising, scalable psychosocial training interventions, based on...

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