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EIF SME Access to Finance Index - June 2019 Update

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This EIF Working Paper elaborates on the most recent update2 of the EIF SME Access to Finance (ESAF) Index, a composite indicator that monitors SME external financing markets in the 28 EU countries. The ESAF was developed by EIF in collaboration with the London School of Economics. The 2018 ESAF ranking is headed by Sweden, with Germany and Finland completing the top 3. Greece lags the ESAF ranking for the sixth consecutive year in a row, preceded by Cyprus and Romania. The current update constitutes the sixth iteration of this exercise, resulting in a 6-year time series that runs from 2013 to 2018. Because of the discontinuation of one of the ESAF's sub-indicators, the 2018 update re-evaluated the indicator set and consequently introduced a number of changes to ensure the consistency of future updates. The note provides some background information underlying the most recent ESAF results and discusses the impact of the adapted indicator set on the ESAF outcome.

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  • Torfs, Wouter, 2019. "EIF SME Access to Finance Index - June 2019 Update," EIF Working Paper Series 2019/58, European Investment Fund (EIF).
    • Handle: RePEc:zbw:eifwps:201958
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    1. Kraemer-Eis, Helmut & Botsari, Antonia & Gvetadze, Salome & Lang, Frank & Torfs, Wouter, 2019. "European Small Business Finance Outlook: June 2019," EIF Working Paper Series 2019/57, European Investment Fund (EIF).
    2. Kraemer-Eis, Helmut & Botsari, Antonia & Gvetadze, Salome & Lang, Frank & Torfs, Wouter, 2019. "European Small Business Finance Outlook: December 2019," EIF Working Paper Series 2019/61, European Investment Fund (EIF).
    3. Kraemer-Eis, Helmut & Botsari, Antonia & Gvetadze, Salome & Lang, Frank & Torfs, Wouter, 2018. "European Small Business Finance Outlook: December 2018," EIF Working Paper Series 2018/53, European Investment Fund (EIF).
    4. Gvetadze, Salome & Kraemer-Eis, Helmut & Lang, Frank & Prencipe, Dario & Signore, Simone & Torfs, Wouter, 2018. "EIF SME Access to Finance Index," EIF Working Paper Series 2018/47, European Investment Fund (EIF).
    5. Kraemer-Eis, Helmut & Botsari, Antonia & Gvetadze, Salome & Lang, Frank & Torfs, Wouter, 2018. "European Small Business Finance Outlook: June 2018," EIF Working Paper Series 2018/50, European Investment Fund (EIF).
    6. Torfs, Wouter, 2018. "EIF SME Access to Finance Index - June 2018 Update," EIF Working Paper Series 2018/49, European Investment Fund (EIF).
    7. Kraemer-Eis, Helmut & Lang, Frank & Torfs, Wouter & Gvetadze, Salome, 2016. "European Small Business Finance Outlook: December 2016," EIF Working Paper Series 2016/37, European Investment Fund (EIF).
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    1. Kraemer-Eis, Helmut & Botsari, Antonia & Gvetadze, Salome & Lang, Frank & Torfs, Wouter, 2019. "European Small Business Finance Outlook: June 2019," EIF Working Paper Series 2019/57, European Investment Fund (EIF).
    2. Kraemer-Eis, Helmut & Botsari, Antonia & Gvetadze, Salome & Lang, Frank & Torfs, Wouter, 2019. "European Small Business Finance Outlook: December 2019," EIF Working Paper Series 2019/61, European Investment Fund (EIF).
    3. Torfs, Wouter, 2020. "The EIF SME Access to Finance Index - September 2020 Update," EIF Working Paper Series 2020/68, European Investment Fund (EIF).

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