Autre Publication Scientifique Année : 2020

Real effects of lending-based crowdfunding platforms on the SMEs

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This paper explores the short_term impact of borrowing via lending_based crowdfunding on performance and health of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in France. We find that firms borrowing from lending-based crowdfunding platforms are more dynamic (higher asset growth and higher profitability) and innovative, but they have lower leverage, less cash, higher funding costs and less tangible assets that could be pledged as as collateral. To account for this selection bias, we construct three control groups by using Propensity Score Matching, Mahalanobis Distance Matching and Coarsened Exact Matching methods and then run difference-in-difference regressions. We find that borrowing via lending-based crowdfunding platforms increases SMEs' leverage and interest rate burden in the short-term, but these impacts disappear after two years. We observe asset growth during the year of borrowing, but no impact on sales growth, investment, employment or profitability.

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halshs-02994903 , version 1 (08-11-2020)

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Olena Havrylchyk, Aref Mahdavi-Ardekani. Real effects of lending-based crowdfunding platforms on the SMEs. 2020. ⟨halshs-02994903⟩
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