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Determinants of Access to Bank Financing in SMEs in Mexico

Version 1 : Received: 10 September 2023 / Approved: 11 September 2023 / Online: 12 September 2023 (03:07:53 CEST)

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Jiménez-Rico, A.; Gómez-López, C.S.; Zamilpa, J. Determinants of Access to Bank Financing in SMEs in Mexico. J. Risk Financial Manag. 2023, 16, 477. Jiménez-Rico, A.; Gómez-López, C.S.; Zamilpa, J. Determinants of Access to Bank Financing in SMEs in Mexico. J. Risk Financial Manag. 2023, 16, 477.

Abstract

Several empirical studies indicate that the lack of financing is one of the main barriers that affects the economic growth of small and medium enterprises (SMEs). The main objective of this investigation was to determine to what extent the economic sector; enterprise size; the characteristics inherent to the enterprise; legal status; the variables linked to the performance of the enterprise; and the attributes of the owner influence the access to bank financing of SMEs in Mexico. Using a discrete response probit regression model, the impact of enterprises characteristics on the probability of obtaining a bank loan was determined. The data collected is from the Enterprise Surveys of Mexico, carried out by the World Bank. The sample of 1,480 enterprises is representative by enterprise size, by economic sector, and by region. The research has a quantitative approach with a correlational scope and a non-experimental and transectional design. One of the main results highlights that the determinants with the greatest influence on access to bank financing are: age, the small size, foreign participation, and the manufacturing sector. These results are consistent with other empirical studies, as well as with the pecking order theory and the financial life cycle theory.

Keywords

Determinants; access; bank financing; SMEs; probit model

Subject

Business, Economics and Management, Business and Management

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