Enterprise Size, Financing Patterns, and Credit Constraints in Brazil : Analysis of Data from the Investment Climate Assessment Survey

Enterprise Size, Financing Patterns, and Credit Constraints in Brazil investigates the importance of firm size with respect to accessing credit. The principal findings are that size strongly affects access to credit compared to firm performance, an...

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Main Authors: Kumar, Anjali, Francisco, Manuela
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/01/5796814/enterprise-size-financing-patterns-credit-constraints-brazil-analysis-data-investment-climate-assessment-survey
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spelling okr-10986-73302021-04-23T14:02:27Z Enterprise Size, Financing Patterns, and Credit Constraints in Brazil : Analysis of Data from the Investment Climate Assessment Survey Kumar, Anjali Francisco, Manuela ADVERSE EFFECTS ADVERSE SELECTION ASYMMETRIC INFORMATION BANK BRANCHES BANK LOANS BANK OF ENGLAND BANK RELATIONSHIPS BANKING RELATIONSHIPS BANKING SYSTEM BANKS BORROWING COMPETITIVENESS COST DIFFERENTIALS CREDIT LINES CREDIT MARKETS CREDIT RATIONING DEBT DIVERSIFICATION ECONOMIC FLUCTUATIONS ECONOMIC GROWTH EMPLOYMENT ENTERPRISE SIZE EXPECTED RETURNS EXTERNAL AUDITORS FINANCIAL INFORMATION FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS FINANCIAL SERVICES FINANCING SOURCES FIRM SIZE FIRMS FOREIGN BANKS GDP HUMAN CAPITAL INTANGIBLE ASSETS INTEREST RATE INTEREST RATES LABOR COSTS LATIN AMERICAN LEASING LENDERS LOCAL PUBLIC FINANCE MORAL HAZARD PER CAPITA INCOME PER CAPITA INCOMES PRIVATE BANKS PRIVATE COMMERCIAL BANKS PRODUCTIVITY SALES/ASSETS SAVINGS SAVINGS ACCOUNTS SECURITIES SMALL BUSINESS SMALL FIRMS SUBSIDIARY TRANSACTION COSTS TRANSPARENCY WORKING CAPITAL Enterprise Size, Financing Patterns, and Credit Constraints in Brazil investigates the importance of firm size with respect to accessing credit. The principal findings are that size strongly affects access to credit compared to firm performance, and other factors, such as management education, location or the industrial sector to which the firm belongs. Additional findings are that the impact of size on access to credit is greater for longer term loans and that public financial institutions are more likely to lend to large firms. Finally, financial access constraints may have a less significant differential impact across firms of different sizes than other constraints, though cost of finance as a constraint is very important. 2012-06-06T20:20:22Z 2012-06-06T20:20:22Z 2005 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/01/5796814/enterprise-size-financing-patterns-credit-constraints-brazil-analysis-data-investment-climate-assessment-survey 987-0-8213-6129-0 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/7330 English en_US World Bank Working Paper No. 49 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank Washington, DC: World Bank Publications & Research :: Publication Publications & Research :: Publication Latin America & Caribbean Brazil
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topic ADVERSE EFFECTS
ADVERSE SELECTION
ASYMMETRIC INFORMATION
BANK BRANCHES
BANK LOANS
BANK OF ENGLAND
BANK RELATIONSHIPS
BANKING RELATIONSHIPS
BANKING SYSTEM
BANKS
BORROWING
COMPETITIVENESS
COST DIFFERENTIALS
CREDIT LINES
CREDIT MARKETS
CREDIT RATIONING
DEBT
DIVERSIFICATION
ECONOMIC FLUCTUATIONS
ECONOMIC GROWTH
EMPLOYMENT
ENTERPRISE SIZE
EXPECTED RETURNS
EXTERNAL AUDITORS
FINANCIAL INFORMATION
FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS
FINANCIAL SERVICES
FINANCING SOURCES
FIRM SIZE
FIRMS
FOREIGN BANKS
GDP
HUMAN CAPITAL
INTANGIBLE ASSETS
INTEREST RATE
INTEREST RATES
LABOR COSTS
LATIN AMERICAN
LEASING
LENDERS
LOCAL PUBLIC FINANCE
MORAL HAZARD
PER CAPITA INCOME
PER CAPITA INCOMES
PRIVATE BANKS
PRIVATE COMMERCIAL BANKS
PRODUCTIVITY
SALES/ASSETS
SAVINGS
SAVINGS ACCOUNTS
SECURITIES
SMALL BUSINESS
SMALL FIRMS
SUBSIDIARY
TRANSACTION COSTS
TRANSPARENCY
WORKING CAPITAL
spellingShingle ADVERSE EFFECTS
ADVERSE SELECTION
ASYMMETRIC INFORMATION
BANK BRANCHES
BANK LOANS
BANK OF ENGLAND
BANK RELATIONSHIPS
BANKING RELATIONSHIPS
BANKING SYSTEM
BANKS
BORROWING
COMPETITIVENESS
COST DIFFERENTIALS
CREDIT LINES
CREDIT MARKETS
CREDIT RATIONING
DEBT
DIVERSIFICATION
ECONOMIC FLUCTUATIONS
ECONOMIC GROWTH
EMPLOYMENT
ENTERPRISE SIZE
EXPECTED RETURNS
EXTERNAL AUDITORS
FINANCIAL INFORMATION
FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS
FINANCIAL SERVICES
FINANCING SOURCES
FIRM SIZE
FIRMS
FOREIGN BANKS
GDP
HUMAN CAPITAL
INTANGIBLE ASSETS
INTEREST RATE
INTEREST RATES
LABOR COSTS
LATIN AMERICAN
LEASING
LENDERS
LOCAL PUBLIC FINANCE
MORAL HAZARD
PER CAPITA INCOME
PER CAPITA INCOMES
PRIVATE BANKS
PRIVATE COMMERCIAL BANKS
PRODUCTIVITY
SALES/ASSETS
SAVINGS
SAVINGS ACCOUNTS
SECURITIES
SMALL BUSINESS
SMALL FIRMS
SUBSIDIARY
TRANSACTION COSTS
TRANSPARENCY
WORKING CAPITAL
Kumar, Anjali
Francisco, Manuela
Enterprise Size, Financing Patterns, and Credit Constraints in Brazil : Analysis of Data from the Investment Climate Assessment Survey
geographic_facet Latin America & Caribbean
Brazil
relation World Bank Working Paper No. 49
description Enterprise Size, Financing Patterns, and Credit Constraints in Brazil investigates the importance of firm size with respect to accessing credit. The principal findings are that size strongly affects access to credit compared to firm performance, and other factors, such as management education, location or the industrial sector to which the firm belongs. Additional findings are that the impact of size on access to credit is greater for longer term loans and that public financial institutions are more likely to lend to large firms. Finally, financial access constraints may have a less significant differential impact across firms of different sizes than other constraints, though cost of finance as a constraint is very important.
format Publications & Research :: Publication
author Kumar, Anjali
Francisco, Manuela
author_facet Kumar, Anjali
Francisco, Manuela
author_sort Kumar, Anjali
title Enterprise Size, Financing Patterns, and Credit Constraints in Brazil : Analysis of Data from the Investment Climate Assessment Survey
title_short Enterprise Size, Financing Patterns, and Credit Constraints in Brazil : Analysis of Data from the Investment Climate Assessment Survey
title_full Enterprise Size, Financing Patterns, and Credit Constraints in Brazil : Analysis of Data from the Investment Climate Assessment Survey
title_fullStr Enterprise Size, Financing Patterns, and Credit Constraints in Brazil : Analysis of Data from the Investment Climate Assessment Survey
title_full_unstemmed Enterprise Size, Financing Patterns, and Credit Constraints in Brazil : Analysis of Data from the Investment Climate Assessment Survey
title_sort enterprise size, financing patterns, and credit constraints in brazil : analysis of data from the investment climate assessment survey
publisher Washington, DC: World Bank
publishDate 2012
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/01/5796814/enterprise-size-financing-patterns-credit-constraints-brazil-analysis-data-investment-climate-assessment-survey
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