Gender differences in the approval of credit to Mexican SMEs

Alicia Gómez Martínez () and María Rosa López Mejía
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Alicia Gómez Martínez: Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, México
María Rosa López Mejía: Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, México

Contaduría y Administración, 2016, vol. 61, issue 4, 777–793

Abstract: The aim of this study is to know the gender differences in assessing financial and non-financial factors by risk managers of financial institutions when approving a bank loan to Mexican SMEs. Through an empirical study the loan officers of 25 financial intermediaries have been analaised. The results show that it is women who value as more important the non-financial factors in borrowers than men.

Keywords: Gender; Credit bank; SME (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: G21 G3 G32 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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