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Does gender matter in financing SMEs in green industry?

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  • Arcuri, Maria Cristina
  • Di Tommaso, Caterina
  • Pisani, Raoul

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This study explores gender differentiation in access to credit which penalizes Italian female-led green SMEs compared to male-led ones. We carry out a panel analysis with 184,425 observations, of which 5855 refer to green firms, observing how the percentage of women among directors and managers (PWDM) affects access to bank credit and its costs. Our results demonstrate that green SMEs show different levels of financial debt compared to non-green ones depending on the PWDM. Our paper contributes to the literature in three ways. First, we investigate whether women-led green SMEs show different demands for financial credit in terms of amounts borrowed and mix between long/short-term bank credit; second, whether this potentially different credit demand is associated with coherent or incoherent effects on the cost of credit; and third, whether the credit demand of women-led green SMEs depends on the PWDM in the company.

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  • Arcuri, Maria Cristina & Di Tommaso, Caterina & Pisani, Raoul, 2024. "Does gender matter in financing SMEs in green industry?," Research in International Business and Finance, Elsevier, vol. 69(C).
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:riibaf:v:69:y:2024:i:c:s027553192400014x
    DOI: 10.1016/j.ribaf.2024.102222
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    Keywords

    Gender diversity; Green; SMEs; Bank credit; Cost of credit;
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    JEL classification:

    • F64 - International Economics - - Economic Impacts of Globalization - - - Environment
    • G21 - Financial Economics - - Financial Institutions and Services - - - Banks; Other Depository Institutions; Micro Finance Institutions; Mortgages
    • G32 - Financial Economics - - Corporate Finance and Governance - - - Financing Policy; Financial Risk and Risk Management; Capital and Ownership Structure; Value of Firms; Goodwill
    • G34 - Financial Economics - - Corporate Finance and Governance - - - Mergers; Acquisitions; Restructuring; Corporate Governance

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