This article reviews the evidence on the importance of finance for economic well-being. It
provides data on the use of basic financial services by households and firms across a …

Surveys on the link between financial markets and economic growth routinely cite scores of
distinct papers, 1 and yet the abundance of both theoretical and empirical research on the …

Sustainable development comprises two key factors: new energy and digital finance. In the
case of China, given the significant investment and financing problem that confronts its new …

This study conducts an empirical investigation of the effects of access to finance on the
growth of firms in African countries. In order to achieve this, we made use of a new rich …

Taking China's recent SO 2 Emissions Trading Pilot as a quasi-natural experiment on
changing regulatory stringency and using large panel data of Chinese industrial enterprises …

The external business environment in which enterprises operate is often subject to constant
change. This paper explores how the business environment affects firms' labor income …

This paper investigates the contribution of small firms to employment, job creation, and
growth in developing countries. While small firms (< 20 employees) have the smallest share …

This paper investigates the contribution of small firms to employment, job creation, and
growth in developing countries. While small firms (< 20 employees) have the smallest share …

This paper presents recent research on access to finance by small and medium-size
enterprises (SMEs). SMEs form a large part of private sector in many developed and …

We investigate the firm characteristics associated with innovation in over 19,000 firms across
47 developing economies. While existing finance literature on innovation is limited to large …