Firm-level determinants of small and medium enterprises financing decisions. Evidence from Argentina

Autores
Briozzo, Anahí; Vigier, Hernán Pedro; Martinez, Lisana Belén
Año de publicación
2016
Idioma
inglés
Tipo de recurso
artículo
Estado
versión aceptada
Descripción
This article studies the determinants of the financing decisions of small and medium enterprises (SMEs), which we characterize through three cases: trade-off behavior, pecking order, and extreme aversion to debt. We test our hypotheses using a datas et of firms from Bahía Blanca (Argentina) for two years: 2006 and 2010. We find that firm characteristics related to information asymmetries, such as firm age, size, and legal form; and personal factors, such as owners age and education; and perception of emotional bankruptcy costs, are relevant variables in SME financing behavior. The recognition of extreme aversion to debt motivates reconsideration of the underleverage problem of SMEs.
Materia
Economía y Negocios
Aversion to debt
financing decisions
Pecking order
Small firms
Trade-off
Nivel de accesibilidad
acceso abierto
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Comisión de Investigaciones Científicas de la Provincia de Buenos Aires
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dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Firm-level determinants of small and medium enterprises financing decisions. Evidence from Argentina
title Firm-level determinants of small and medium enterprises financing decisions. Evidence from Argentina
spellingShingle Firm-level determinants of small and medium enterprises financing decisions. Evidence from Argentina
Briozzo, Anahí
Economía y Negocios
Aversion to debt
financing decisions
Pecking order
Small firms
Trade-off
title_short Firm-level determinants of small and medium enterprises financing decisions. Evidence from Argentina
title_full Firm-level determinants of small and medium enterprises financing decisions. Evidence from Argentina
title_fullStr Firm-level determinants of small and medium enterprises financing decisions. Evidence from Argentina
title_full_unstemmed Firm-level determinants of small and medium enterprises financing decisions. Evidence from Argentina
title_sort Firm-level determinants of small and medium enterprises financing decisions. Evidence from Argentina
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Briozzo, Anahí
Vigier, Hernán Pedro
Martinez, Lisana Belén
author Briozzo, Anahí
author_facet Briozzo, Anahí
Vigier, Hernán Pedro
Martinez, Lisana Belén
author_role author
author2 Vigier, Hernán Pedro
Martinez, Lisana Belén
author2_role author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Economía y Negocios
Aversion to debt
financing decisions
Pecking order
Small firms
Trade-off
topic Economía y Negocios
Aversion to debt
financing decisions
Pecking order
Small firms
Trade-off
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv This article studies the determinants of the financing decisions of small and medium enterprises (SMEs), which we characterize through three cases: trade-off behavior, pecking order, and extreme aversion to debt. We test our hypotheses using a datas et of firms from Bahía Blanca (Argentina) for two years: 2006 and 2010. We find that firm characteristics related to information asymmetries, such as firm age, size, and legal form; and personal factors, such as owner<em>’</em>s age and education; and perception of emotional bankruptcy costs, are relevant variables in SME financing behavior. The recognition of extreme aversion to debt motivates reconsideration of the underleverage problem of SMEs.
description This article studies the determinants of the financing decisions of small and medium enterprises (SMEs), which we characterize through three cases: trade-off behavior, pecking order, and extreme aversion to debt. We test our hypotheses using a datas et of firms from Bahía Blanca (Argentina) for two years: 2006 and 2010. We find that firm characteristics related to information asymmetries, such as firm age, size, and legal form; and personal factors, such as owner<em>’</em>s age and education; and perception of emotional bankruptcy costs, are relevant variables in SME financing behavior. The recognition of extreme aversion to debt motivates reconsideration of the underleverage problem of SMEs.
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