Credit Guarantee Institutions and SME Finance [electronic resource] /
Leone, Paola.author.
Vento, Gianfranco A.author.
This book analyses and confronts the functioning of guarantee systems for SMEs in countries where these schemes had an important development. The book also highlights how the current financial crisis is modifying the guarantees schemes, through policy maker interventions.
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Cover; Contents; List of Tables; List of Figures; Notes on Contributors; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction; 1.1 Aims and objectives; 1.2 Methodology and design; 1.3 Structure of the book; 2 An Analysis of Credit Guarantee Schemes: Suggestions Provided by Literature; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Reasons for the emergence of credit guarantee schemes; 2.3 Measuring the success of CGSs: what literature tells us; 3 The Guarantee System in France; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 The legal, regulatory and institutional framework; 3.3 Structure, dimension and operational features
3.4 The performance of credit guarantee institutions3.5 Policy-makers' role and financial crisis; 4 The Guarantee System in Italy; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 The legal, regulatory and institutional framework; 4.3 Structure, dimension and operational features; 4.4 The performance of credit guarantee institutions; 4.5 Policy-makers' role and financial crisis; 5 The Guarantee System in Spain; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 The legal, regulatory and institutional framework; 5.3 Structure, dimension and operational features; 5.4 The performance of credit guarantee institutions
5.5 Policy-makers' role and financial crisis6 The Guarantee System in Hungary; 6.1 Introduction; 6.2 The legal, regulatory and institutional framework; 6.3 Structure, dimension and operational features; 6.4 The performance of credit guarantee institutions; 6.5 Policy-makers' role and financial crisis; 7 The Guarantee System in Argentina; 7.1 Introduction; 7.2 The legal, regulatory and institutional framework; 7.3 Structure, dimension and operational features; 7.4 The performance of credit guarantee institutions; 7.5 Policy-makers' role and financial crisis
Annex: Key features on the guarantee system in Argentina8 The Guarantee System in Chile; 8.1 Introduction; 8.2 The legal, regulatory and institutional framework; 8.3 Structure, dimension and operational features; 8.4 The performance of credit guarantee institutions; 8.5 Policy-makers' role and financial crisis; Annex: Definitions, acronyms and abbreviations; 9 A Comparative Analysis of Credit Guarantee Systems; 9.1 Introduction; 9.2 The legal and regulatory framework: a comparative analysis; 9.3 Structure, dimension and operative framework: a comparative analysis
9.4 Economic and financial performances: a comparative analysis9.5 Policy-makers' role and financial crisis; 9.6 Concluding remarks; References; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
This book analyses and confronts the functioning of guarantee systems for SMEs in countries where these schemes had an important development. The book also highlights how the current financial crisis is modifying the guarantees schemes, through policy maker interventions.
Business enterprises-Finance.
Risk management.
Banks and banking.
Macroeconomics.
International economics.
Business Finance.
Risk Management.
Banking.
Macroeconomics/Monetary Economics//Financial Economics.
International Economics.