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Bank Financing for SMEs : Evidence across Countries and Bank Ownership Types

Beck, Thorsten; Demirguc-Kunt, Asli; Peria, Maria … - 2011

Using data for 91 large banks from 45 countries, this paper finds that foreign, domestic private, and government-owned banks use different lending technologies and organizational structures for SME financing. The extent, type, and pricing of SME loans, however, is not strongly correlated with...

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Is Small Beautiful? Financial Structure, Size and Access to Finance

Beck, Thorsten; Demirgüç-Kunt, Asli; Singer, Dorothe - 2013

Combining two unique data sets, this paper explores the relationship between financial structure and firms’ access to financial services. Specifically, it considers the importance of three different types of financial institutions: low-end financial institutions, specialized lenders, and...

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Keep Walking? Geographical Proximity, Religion, and Relationship Banking

Beck, Thorsten - 2018

We investigate the geographical proximity of firms to their relationship banks. We find that Islamic banks are more remote to their borrowers. We also find that the probability for a firm to connect to a bank substantially decreases in distance, but that the choice along bank characteristics...

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Financial Innovation: The Bright and the Dark Sides

Beck, Thorsten; Chen, Tao; Lin, Chen; Song, Frank M. - Hong Kong Institute for Monetary Research (HKIMR), … - 2012

"Everybody talks about financial innovation, but (almost) nobody empirically tests hypotheses about it." Frame and White (2004) The financial turmoil from 2007 onwards has spurred renewed debates on the "bright" and "dark" sides of financial innovation. Using bank-, industry- and country-level...

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Financial Innovation : The Bright and the Dark Sides

Beck, Thorsten - 2014

“Everybody talks about financial innovation, but (almost) nobody empirically tests hypotheses about it” Frame and White (2004).The financial turmoil from 2007 onwards has spurred renewed debates on the “bright” and “dark” sides of financial innovation. Using bank-, industry- and...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013066507

Financial Innovation : The Bright and the Dark Sides

Beck, Thorsten - 2014

“Everybody talks about financial innovation, but (almost) nobody empirically tests hypotheses about it”. Frame and White (2004)The financial turmoil from 2007 onwards has spurred renewed debates on the “bright” and “dark” sides of financial innovation. Using bank-, industry- and...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013066781

SMEs, Growth, and Poverty

Demirguc-Kunt, Asli; Levine, Ross; Beck, Thorsten - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2005

. Using a sample of 45 countries, we find a strong, positive association between the importance of SMEs and GDP per capita … growth. The data do not, however, confidently support the conclusions that SMEs exert a causal impact on growth. Furthermore …, we find no evidence that SMEs alleviate poverty or decrease income inequality. …

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The Role of Finance in Economic Development : Benefits, Risks, and Politics

Beck, Thorsten - Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research - 2011

Abstract: Theoretical and empirical research has shown that a sound and effective financial system is critical for economic development and growth. The financial system, however, is also subject to boom and bust cycles and fragility, with negative repercussions for the real economy. Further, the...

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Finance, Firm Size, and Growth

Demirguc-Kunt, Asli; Laeven, Luc; Levine, Ross; Beck, … - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2004

This paper examines whether financial development boosts the growth of small firms more than large firms and hence provides information on the mechanisms through which financial development fosters aggregate economic growth. We define an industry's technological firm size as the firm size...

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Finance, Firm Size and Growth

Beck, Thorsten - 2005

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