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Bank Financing for SMEs – Lessons from the Literature

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This paper surveys the recent literature on the relationship between SMEs, financial deepening and economic development. While a large SME sector is not associated with faster economic growth or poverty alleviation, financial deepening can have a pro-growth and pro-poor impact by alleviating SMEs’ financing constraints, enabling firm entry and entrepreneurship, and better resource allocation. It is important to differentiate between different segments of the SME population, most critically between subsistence micro entrepreneurs and transformational entrepreneurs. This paper also discusses the importance of market structure, competition and regulations for SMEs and their access to finance over the business cycle and during crises.

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  • Beck, Thorsten, 2013. "Bank Financing for SMEs – Lessons from the Literature," National Institute Economic Review, National Institute of Economic and Social Research, vol. 225, pages 23-38, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:cup:nierev:v:225:y:2013:i::p:r23-r38_12
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    1. Luca Fare & Marcus Dejardin & Eric Toulemonde, 2023. "Bankruptcy recovery rate and small businesses' innovation," DeFiPP Working Papers 2302, University of Namur, Development Finance and Public Policies.
    2. Ioana-Carmen BOZINTAN (COSMA-GULER), 2022. "SMEs FINANCING – AN OVERVIEW OF DIRECT FINANCING ON CAPITAL MARKET VS. FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS," Annals of Faculty of Economics, University of Oradea, Faculty of Economics, vol. 2(2), pages 92-102, December.

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