A study of the effectiveness of credit subsidies: evidence from a panel of Italian firms
Credit subsidies in targeted industrial sectors or geographical areas are a primary mechanism of industrial and redistributive policy throughout the world. Using a unique panel of bank-firm relationships, we study the impact of interest-rate subsidies on the total amount of borrowing and on the aver...
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University of Oxford
2003
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