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| 10:30-11:00 | Registration |
| 11:00-11:10 | Opening of the workshop: D. Rodriguez Palenzuela (ECB) |
| 11:10-11:40 | Keynote speech: F. Udell (Indiana University) presentation |
| 11:40-11:50 | General discussion |
| Session 1: Access to finance of SMEs - evidence from the EU, Chair: D. Rodriguez Palenzuela (ECB) | |
| 11:50-12:20 | Intervention 1 C. Artola (Banco de España) and V. Genre (ECB): Euro area SMEs under financial constraints: belief or reality? presentation paper |
| 12:20-12:50 | Intervention S. Holton, M. Lawless and F. McCann (Central Bank of Ireland): Firm Access to Finance in the European Crisis presentation paper |
| 12:50-14:00 | Lunch |
| 14:00-14:30 | Intervention 3 E. Canton (ECORYS Nederland, Rotterdam), P.van der Zwan (Erasmus School of Economics, Rotterdam), I. Grilo and J. Monteagudo (DG Economic and Financial Affairs, European Commission): Investigating the perceptions of credit constraints in the EU presentation paper |
| 14:30-14:45 | Discussant of interventions 1-3: U. Albertazzi (Banca d’Italia) presentation |
| 14:45-15:00 | General discussion on interventions 1-3 |
| 15:00-15:15 | Coffee break |
| Session 2: Financing constraints of SMEs - the country perspective, Chair: A. Ferrando (ECB) | |
| 15:15-15:45 | Intervention 4 H. Rottmann (Amberg-Weiden University of Applied Sciences), T. Wollmershäuser (Ifo Institute for Economic Research, München): A micro data approach to the identification of credit crunches 1.74 MB presentation paper |
| 15:45-16:15 | Intervention 5 S. Costa, M. Malgarini and P. Margani (ISTAT, Italy): Access to credit for Italian Firms: New Evidence from the ISTAT Confidence Surveys 1.07 MB presentation 3.22 MB paper |
| 16:15-16:30 | Discussant: E. Kremp (Banque de France) presentation |
| 16:30-16:45 | General discussion on interventions 4 and 5 |
| Session 2 continued, Chair: V. Genre (ECB) | |
| 16:45-17:15 | Intervention 6 J. Huovinen (SME-Affairs Confederation of Finnish Industries, Helsinki): Impacts of financial crisis on SME financing: The Finnish evidence presentation paper |
| 17:15-17:45 | Intervention 7 A. Robb (Kauffman Foundation, University of California) and S. Winston Smith (Fox School of Business, Temple University): Who seeks and who receives? Implications of demand for and access to financial capital by young firms [US] presentation paper |
| 17:45-18:00 | Discussant: C. Martinez Carrascal (Banco de España) presentation |
| 18:00-18:15 | General discussion on interventions 6 and 7 |
| 18:15 | End of first day |
| 20:00 | Dinner at Intercontinental Hotel |
| * The workshop will take place in room CVI, 2nd floor. at the ECB , Kaiserstrasse 29, 60311 Frankfurt am Main. |
| 8:30-9:00 | Registration |
| Session 3: Statistical and methodological issues of SME financing surveys, Chair: I. Ganoulis (ECB) | |
| 9:00-9:20 | Intervention 8 S. Perez-Duarte, M. Osiewicz (ECB): Measuring the access to finance of small and medium-sized enterprises across the euro area through a flexible survey presentation paper |
| 9:20-9:40 | Intervention 9 M. Schmiemann (Eurostat): Medium-sized firms’ access to finance 2007 and 2010 – the user viewpoints presentation paper |
| 9:40-10:00 | Intervention 10 H. Fryges, S. Gottschalk and K. Kohn (Centre for European Economic Research Mannheim): The KfW/ZEW Start-up Panel: Design and Research Potential presentation paper |
| 10:00-10:20 | Intervention 11 V. Kuntchev, R. Ramalho, J. Rodriguez Meza, J. Yang (World Bank): What have we learned from the Enterprise Surveys regarding access to finance by SMEs? paper |
| 10:20-10:35 | Discussant: R. Söllner (Federal Statistical Office, Wiesbaden) presentation |
| 10:35-11:00 | General discussion on interventions 8-11 |
| 11:00-11:15 | Coffee break |
| Session 4: Linking survey data and balance sheet data: evidence on financial constraints of SMEs, Chair: P. Köhler-Ulbrich (ECB) | |
| 11:15-11:45 | Intervention 12 A. Ferrando (ECB) and K. Mulier (University of Ghent): Firms’ financial constraints: do perceptions match the actual situation? presentation paper |
| 11:45-12:15 | Intervention 13 M. Lawless and F. Mc Cann (Central Bank of Ireland): Credit Access for Small and Medium Firms, Survey Evidence for Ireland presentation paper |
| 12:15-12:30 | Discussant: P. Vermeulen (ECB) presentation |
| 12:30-12:45 | General discussion on interventions 12 and 13 |
| 12:50-14:00 | Lunch |
| 14:00-14:30 | Keynote speech: T. Beck (Tilburg University) presentation |
| 14:30-15:00 | General discussion |
| 15:00-15:15 | Closing remarks (A. Schubert, ECB) |
| 15:15 | End of workshop |
ECB premises in Frankfurt am Main,
5 – 6 December 2011
DG-Economics and DG-Statistics of the European Central Bank are organising a workshop on the production and use of business survey data to assess, in particular, financial constraints or investigate the presence of financing gaps for the corporate sector.
The workshop is intended to bring together academics and institutional experts to discuss both statistical and economic issues related to the production and the use of survey data in evaluating access to finance of the corporate sector, notably in the euro area. The purpose of the workshop is thus twofold. First, to foster discussion and share experiences specific to the collection of business survey data. Second, to highlight research from the use of these business surveys, notably in identifying imperfections and potential failures in the financial market places where firms operate and that might constrain their growth and economic development. The workshop will feature presentations and discussions on methods, examples and techniques using business survey data such as the ECB-European Commission survey on access to finance of SMEs or other national business survey data.
The organisers welcome submissions of theoretical and empirical contributions from statisticians and economists covering one or more of the following themes and using relevant data sources:
Submissions should consist of an abstract of no more than 500 words, describing clearly the topic that will be addressed, the material that will be drawn upon and the key messages of the paper. Abstracts should be sent by e-mail as PDF files to SMEworkshop2011@ecb.europa.eu no later than 31 August and indicate the corresponding author and his/her email address. Authors will be informed whether or not their submission has been accepted by 20 September. Authors of accepted papers will be required to send the full version of their paper by 30 October, and to submit a handout (which could consist of some slides or key tables with notes) for circulation prior to the workshop.
The workshop is planned to be organised as a two-day event from 11:00 on 5 December until 16:00 on 6 December 2011. A dinner is planned for the evening of the first day.
The travel expenses of presenting authors will be reimbursed. Participants from central banks and other official institutions are generally expected to cover their own expenses.
Further information may be obtained from Diego Rodríguez Palenzuela, Head of Division, Capital Markets and Financial Structure Division, European Central Bank (Tel +49 69 1344 6480) or Ioannis Ganoulis, Head of Division, Statistics Development and Coordination Division (Tel. +49 69 1344 7211).
