The Effect of Credit Guarantees on Survival and Performance of SMEs in Korea

Jae Kang, Almas Heshmati () and Gyong-Gyu Choi
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Gyong-Gyu Choi: Gyong-Gyu Choia

No 92, Ratio Working Papers from The Ratio Institute

Abstract: This study evaluates the impact of provision of credit guarantee in Korea at the firm level. The data is assembled from two public funds providing credit guarantees covering the period 2000 to 2003. The sample firms consist of SMEs mainly. To measure the effects of credit guarantee, the relationship between credit guarantees, survival of firms, and their productive performance is analyzed. Since the data is collected as repeated cross sections and firms are not identified over time, the analysis is carried out by using a pseudo panel data approach. The pseudo panel data is created using time invariant firm characteristics. The result from regression analysis conducted indicates that the amounts of credit guarantee and the number of times a firm receives credit guarantees have effects on their survival and growth. The amounts of credit guarantee increase the growth of sales and productivity while frequency of credit guarantees decreases business failure. Size and age play a decisive role in survival of firms and their employment growth as well. Moreover, survival and performance of firms are different across periods, industries, and locations.

Keywords: Credit guarantee; SMEs; Pseudo panel data; survival; performance (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C23 C41 G28 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 29 pages
Date: 2006-04-25
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