Access to Bank Credit and SME Financing

Editors: Stefania Rossi



Identifies different forms of credit rationing and some types of distortions in credit markets

Provides evidence on the issue of gender discrimination and the effects that judicial systems and legal enforcement may have on the access to finance for SMEs

Offers insights on the transmission channel (contagion effect) from sovereign to bank risk that emerged during the European sovereign debt crisis

Provides evidence in favour of a revision of the current regulatory framework, to soften the procyclicality issues that have arisen with Basel III

This book explores how the global financial and European sovereign debt crises have forced small-and-medium-sized businesses (SMEs) to reassess and adapt their funding strategies. At the heart of the matter is the worsening access to bank credit for such enterprises. Through this discussion we learn how crucial an understanding of SME-financing is to policy makers, in light of the fact that SMEs dominate the business landscape in Europe and are the main drivers of employment, growth and innovation in the European economy. Contributing chapters present expert analysis and investigate many topics including the problems faced by SMEs in accessing bank credit and the cost of funding and its determinants. Particular attention is also given to how credit-constrained enterprises may reformulate their funding strategies by employing alternative, non-bank, financial resources, and how regulators could support SMEs in broadening and improving their funding opportunities.

Table of contents

Front Matter
Pages i-xxx

Credit Market Environment and SME Finance in Europe
Front Matter
Pages 1-1
Non-Bank Financing for Euro Area Companies During the Crisis
Pages 3-28
Neither a Borrower Nor a Lender Be! Loan Application and Credit Decision for Young European Firms
Pages 29-58
Legal-Institutional Environment, Social Capital and the Cost of Bank Financing for SMEs: Evidence from the Euro Area
Pages 59-81
Credit Access for Small Firms in the Euro Area: Does Gender Matter?
Pages 83-119
The Small Firm Financing Premium in Europe: Where and When Do Small Firms Pay the Most?
Pages 121-147
Sovereign and Bank CDS Spreads During the European Debt Crisis: Laying the Foundation for SMEs’ Financial Distress
Pages 149-172
SME Sources of Funding: More Capital or More Debt to Sustain Growth? An Empirical Analysis
Pages 173-199

SME Funding and the Role of Alternative Non-Bank Finance in Italy
Front Matter
Pages 201-201
SME Credit Access After Basel III. Does Size (and Quality) Matter?
Pages 203-224
Credit Supply and Bank Interest Rates in the Italian Regions
Pages 225-255
Corporate Bonds for SMEs: A Study of Italian Minibonds
Pages 257-285
Using Open-End Mutual Fund Resources to Finance SMEs: The Potential Market Share of ELTIFs
Pages 287-311

Back Matter
Pages 313-332



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