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Credit Gap In Small Businesses: Some New Evidence, Atreya Chakraborty
Credit Gap In Small Businesses: Some New Evidence, Atreya Chakraborty
Accounting and Finance Faculty Publication Series
What is the magnitude of credit constraint affecting small businesses? This paper provides estimate of the credit gap – defined as the difference between the desired and actual levels of debt for credit constrained small businesses. The estimated credit gap is approximately 20 percent, i.e., credit constrained small business on the average would desire 20 percent more debt. This credit gap varies considerably across industries, with manufacturing firms facing a significantly larger gap than firms in the wholesale or service industries.
Credit Gap In Small Businesses: Some New Evidence, Atreya Chakraborty
Credit Gap In Small Businesses: Some New Evidence, Atreya Chakraborty
Atreya Chakraborty
What is the magnitude of credit constraint affecting small businesses? This paper provides estimate of the credit gap – defined as the difference between the desired and actual levels of debt for credit constrained small businesses. The estimated credit gap is approximately 20 percent, i.e., credit constrained small business on the average would desire 20 percent more debt. This credit gap varies considerably across industries, with manufacturing firms facing a significantly larger gap than firms in the wholesale or service industries.
The Importance Of Being Known: Relationship Banking And Credit Limits, Atreya Chakraborty
The Importance Of Being Known: Relationship Banking And Credit Limits, Atreya Chakraborty
Accounting and Finance Faculty Publication Series
This paper measures the importance of bank-firm relationships in obtaining higher credit “limits.” We use data from a relatively unused section of the National Survey of Small Business Finance (NSSBF, 1993) on credit limits, credit sources, and contract terms for firms with lines of credit from multiple banks. This lets us isolate the credit limit that each bank provides the same firm, eliminating the need to control for often immeasurable, unreliable, or firm-specific “soft” information. For a median Line of Credit (LOC) of $250,000, we find that a bank with a five-year information advantage provides a LOC limit that is …