Credit in the economy: small business default correlation and firms co-movements

M. Pisa

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    Abstract

    Small businesses play a crucial part in every developed economy. They employ about 50% of the workforce and are the engine of innovation. For this reason policy makers and regulators support financing small businesses’ operations to allow them to grow and show its potential. Through a series of studies about small business credit risk, we show that small business credit risk is predominantly related to firm characteristics rather than to economy or industry wide conditions. We find evidence that distress in a customer industry is linked to higher credit risk among the small business suppliers and that trade credit is an important channel transmitting distress from one firm to another.
    Original languageEnglish
    QualificationDoctor of Philosophy
    Awarding Institution
    • Maastricht University
    Supervisors/Advisors
    • Bams, Dennis, Supervisor
    • Wolff, Christiaan, Supervisor
    Award date13 May 2015
    Place of PublicationMaastricht
    Publisher
    Print ISBNs9789995901509
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2015

    Keywords

    • small businesses
    • credit risk

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