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Causal Effect of Credit Guarantees for Small‐ and Medium‐Sized Enterprises: Evidence from Italy

Causal Effect of Credit Guarantees for Small‐ and Medium‐Sized Enterprises: Evidence from Italy We evaluate the effectiveness of a partial credit guarantee program, implemented in a large Italian region, that aimed to improve the access to credit of small and medium enterprises. Using unique microdata from a broad set of firms, we show that the policy increased the long‐term loans for beneficiary firms, while the total volume of bank loans was unaffected. Furthermore, targeted firms benefited from a substantial decrease in interest rates. However, there is some evidence that firms are more likely to default as a consequence of the treatment. Conversely, the results do not point to any significant effect on investments. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png The Scandinavian Journal of Economics Wiley

Causal Effect of Credit Guarantees for Small‐ and Medium‐Sized Enterprises: Evidence from Italy

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Wiley
Copyright
© 2019 The editors of The Scandinavian Journal of Economics.
ISSN
0347-0520
eISSN
1467-9442
DOI
10.1111/sjoe.12332
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Abstract

We evaluate the effectiveness of a partial credit guarantee program, implemented in a large Italian region, that aimed to improve the access to credit of small and medium enterprises. Using unique microdata from a broad set of firms, we show that the policy increased the long‐term loans for beneficiary firms, while the total volume of bank loans was unaffected. Furthermore, targeted firms benefited from a substantial decrease in interest rates. However, there is some evidence that firms are more likely to default as a consequence of the treatment. Conversely, the results do not point to any significant effect on investments.

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The Scandinavian Journal of EconomicsWiley

Published: Jan 1, 2020

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