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A beacon in the night : government certification of SMEs towards banks
Policymakers around the world have created several schemes to support financially constrained SMEs. However, whether these mechanisms improve the access to external sources of finance or on the contrary crowd out private players remains a relevant question. In this paper, we study the effectiveness of a recent form of government support, called participative loan, in improving recipient SMEs\u2019 access to external financial debt. Relying on the literature about the certification effect, we develop hypotheses on the conditions under which the improvement is stronger. The empirical analysis is based on a sample of 488 Spanish SMEs that received participative loans from a Spanish government agency and a control group of 719 matched twins. We show that the former register a significantly higher external financial debt (+31.5%). The effect is stronger for smaller firms, or for those operating in high-technology sectors, which suffer more acutely from information asymmetries, and negligible for firms that already received a support from another government-supported institution. After ruling out alternative explanations, we interpret this result as a positive evidence of government certification of SMEs towards banks
Selection of reference genes from two leafhopper species challenged by phytoplasma infection, for gene expression studies by RT-qPCR
To trust is good, but to control is better: How investors discipline financial advisors' activity
Activity of benzothiadiazole on chrysanthemum yellows phytoplasma ('Candidatus Phytoplasma asteris') infection in daisy plants
Escaping NK cells and recruiting neutrophils: How Morgana/NF-κB signaling promotes metastasis
Cancer cells escape immune surveillance and induce immune cell aberrant activation to support tumour growth and progression. We recently reported that Morgana/NF-κB (nuclear factor kappa-light-chain-enhancer of activated B cells) signaling in breast cancer cells is responsible for NK (Natural Killer) cell inactivation and neutrophil recruitment in the primary tumour and in the lung pre-metastatic niche
Increased Risk of Hepatocellular Carcinoma in Patient with Inflammatory Bowel Disease and Hemochromatosis: A Case Report
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