We investigate the characteristics of the owners of small businesses that participate in the informal sector of an emerging economy and their perception of the risk of detection by tax authorities while doing so. Data are gathered from a survey covering 1027 small businesses in Trinidad and Tobago...
We use data from the 1993 and 1998 National Surveys of Small Business Finances to examine the existence of racial discrimination in the small-business credit market. We conduct an econometric analysis of loan outcomes by race and find that black-owned small businesses are about twice as likely ...
The private equity and debt markets offer highly structured, complex contracts to small businesses that are often acutely informationally opaque. This is in contrast to the public stock and bond markets that fund relatively informationally transparent large businesses under contracts that are more often ...
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“Small businesses employ half the U.S. workforce, but millions of them can’t access the capital they need to keep their doors open—let alone invest in growth,” said Eddie Serrill, Business Lead of Stripe Capital. “Improving access to financing is one of the most effective ways we can...
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Since Small Island Read 2007 was launched on 11 January, libraries, reading groups, schools, businesses, hospitals, universities and individual members of the public have joined in enthusiastically. Within a couple of days many of the over 500 libraries participating in the project were reporting th...
The opinion reasons that the law “is intended to protect from liability businesses engaged in the lawful, rather than the unlawful, sale of firearms.” The fact that Mexico can present its case for punitive damages means that the potential liability at risk for the gun dealers is enormous. ...
Given growing popular awareness of the climate and environmental emergency, businesses wanting to make changes and support initiatives would be pushing at a half-opened door. Strong political and corporate will and collaborative effort are crucial first steps in opening the door fully and implementing ...
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