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Purpose: To establish the influence of collateral on microfinance rationing of credit among registered SMEs in Kakamega County, Kenya Methodology/Approach: This study used causal and descriptive designs.
Tangara Thomas Tobias +2 more
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Uninsured Risks, Loan Contracts and the Declining Equity Premium [PDF]
Using a two period model with moral hazard and uninsured risk, we argue that the decline in equity premium from its historically high level is due to a gradual elimination of barriers to universal banking.
Parantap Basu, Sanjay Banerjee
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A Business Framework for Product Take‐Back—A Structured Multiple‐Case Analysis
ABSTRACT The potential of take‐back systems remains largely unrealized as initiatives have proven difficult to implement in practice. The question is why we do not see more take‐back systems given the substantial environmental benefits. We try to understand the challenges and stumbling blocks in setting up take‐back from a business perspective.
Rasmus Jørgensen, Torben Pedersen
wiley +1 more source
Misallocation of Capital in a Model of Endogenous Financial Intermediation and Insurance [PDF]
In this paper we analyze productivity and welfare losses from capital misallocation in a general equilibrium model of occupational choice and endogenous financial intermediation.
Hugo Rodríguez-Mendizábal +1 more
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ABSTRACT Considering the growing attention to sustainability and the increasing regulatory pressure in the European landscape, this study evaluates whether greenhouse gas emissions affect firms' cost of debt. A panel regression was conducted from 2021 to 2024 on two samples of European firms.
Daniela Cicchini +3 more
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Green Talk, Costly Walk: The Financial Cost of Greenwashing
ABSTRACT This study investigates the financial consequences of greenwashing, operationalized as the misalignment between ESG disclosure and actual ESG performance. While prior research has explored the reputational and ethical dimensions of greenwashing, its impact on firms' cost of debt remains underexamined.
S. Taddeo, A. Regoli, O. Weber, R. Carè
wiley +1 more source
Trade Credit, Financial Intermediary Development and Industry Growth [PDF]
Recent work suggests that financial development is important for economic growth, since financial markets more effectively allocate capital to firms with high value projects. For firms in poorly developed financial markets, implicit borrowing in the form
Inessa Love, Raymond Fisman
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Funding Costs and Liquidity Creation: Does ESG Play Any Role?
ABSTRACT This study examines how banks' funding costs affect liquidity creation and whether environmental, social, and governance (ESG) performance shapes this relationship. Using panel data for 136 U.S. commercial banks from 2005 to 2022, we show that higher funding costs are associated with lower liquidity creation, indicating that more expensive ...
Sattam Bin Kowibeen +2 more
wiley +1 more source
The Incidence of the Mortgage Interest Deduction: Evidence from the Market for Home Purchase Loans [PDF]
This article examines the incidence of the largest housing-related subsidy in the federal budget, the home mortgage interest deduction (MID). The author uses the difference in interest rates for loans made around the MID limit to identify the incidence ...
Hanson, Andrew
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External controls (ECs) from historical trials or real-world data have gained increasing attention as a way to augment hybrid and single-arm trials, especially when balanced randomization is infeasible. While most existing work has focused on post-trial inference using ECs, their role in prospective trial design remains less explored.
Gao, Yujing, Zhang, Xiang, Yang, Shu
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