Collateral Registries for Movable Assets : Does Their Introduction Spur Firms' Access to Bank Finance?

Using firm-level surveys for up to 73 countries, this paper explores the impact of introducing collateral registries for movable assets on firms' access to bank finance. It compares firms' access to bank finance in seven countries that introduced collateral registries for movable assets against three control groups: firms in all countries that did not introduce a registry, firms in a sample of countries matched by location and income per capita to the countries that introduced registries for movable assets, and firms in countries that undertook other types of collateral reforms but did not set up registries for movable assets. Overall, the analysis finds that introducing collateral registries for movable assets increases firms' access to bank finance. There is also some evidence that this effect is larger among smaller firms.

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Main Authors:	Love, Inessa, Martínez Pería, María Soledad, Singh, Sandeep
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper biblioteca
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2013-06
Subjects:	ACCESS TO BANK, ACCESS TO CREDIT, ACCESS TO FINANCE, ACCESS TO FINANCING, ACCESS TO LOAN, ACCESS TO LOANS, ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE, ADVERSE SELECTION, ASYMMETRIC INFORMATION, AVAILABILITY OF COLLATERAL, BANK CREDIT, BANK FINANCING, BANK LENDING, BANK LOAN, BANK LOANS, BANK POLICY, BANK PROFITABILITY, BANK RISK, BANKRUPTCY, BANKRUPTCY LAWS, BANKS, BINDING CONSTRAINT, BORROWER, BORROWING, BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT, BUSINESS REGULATIONS, CAPITAL STOCK, CHECKS, CLAIM, COLLATERAL, COLLATERAL LAW, COLLATERAL LAWS, COLLATERAL REFORM, COLLATERAL REFORMS, COLLATERAL REGIMES, COLLATERAL REGISTRIES, COLLATERAL REGISTRY, CONTRACT LAWS, COST OF CREDIT, COUNTRY FIXED EFFECTS, CREDIT AVAILABILITY, CREDIT BUREAUS, CREDIT CONSTRAINTS, CREDIT FACILITIES, CREDIT INFORMATION, CREDIT MARKETS, CREDIT RATIONING, CREDIT REGISTRIES, CREDIT REPORTING, CREDIT RISK, CREDITOR, CREDITOR PROTECTION, CREDITOR RIGHTS, CREDITORS, DEFAULT INFORMATION, DEFAULTS, DEPENDENT, DEPOSIT, DEVELOPING COUNTRIES, DOMESTIC BANKS, DOMESTIC CREDIT, DUMMY VARIABLE, DUMMY VARIABLES, ECONOMIC GROWTH, ENFORCEABILITY, ENFORCEABILITY OF CONTRACTS, ENFORCEMENT OF SECURITY, EQUIPMENT, EXPORTER, EXTERNAL FINANCING, FINANCE ACCESS, FINANCE CORPORATION, FINANCIAL CONTRACTS, FINANCIAL CRISIS, FINANCIAL DEVELOPMENT, FINANCIAL INSTITUTION, FINANCIAL INTERMEDIATION, FINANCIAL MARKETS, FINANCIAL OBSTACLE, FINANCIAL SECTOR, FINANCIAL SECTOR DEVELOPMENT, FINANCIAL STUDIES, FINANCING CONSTRAINTS, FINANCING OBSTACLE, FIRM GROWTH, FIXED ASSETS, FOREIGN BANKS, GROWTH RATE, IMMOVABLE PROPERTY, INCOME, INDICATORS OF ACCESS, INFLATION, INFLATION RATE, INFORMATION ASYMMETRIES, INFORMATION SHARING, INTANGIBLE, INTANGIBLE ASSETS, INTEREST RATE, INTEREST RATES, INTERNATIONAL BANK, INTERNATIONAL FINANCE, INVENTORY, JURISDICTIONS, LARGE FIRMS, LEGAL CONSTRAINTS, LEGAL FRAMEWORK, LEGAL REFORM, LEGAL REFORMS, LEGAL RIGHTS, LEGAL SYSTEM, LEGAL SYSTEMS, LENDER, LENDERS, LIENS, LIKELIHOOD OF FINANCIAL CRISIS, LINE OF CREDIT, LOAN, LOAN AMOUNTS, LOAN MATURITIES, LOAN MATURITY, LOAN REPAYMENT, LOAN SPREADS, LOAN TERMS, MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY, MATURITIES, MATURITY, MORAL HAZARD, MOVABLE ASSETS, MOVABLE COLLATERAL, MULTINATIONAL, MULTINATIONAL BANK, OUTSTANDING LOAN, OVERDRAFT, OVERDRAFT FACILITY, PERSONAL ASSETS, PLEDGE COLLATERAL, POLITICAL ECONOMY, PRIORITY OF CREDITORS, PRIVATE CREDIT, PRIVATE SECTOR DEVELOPMENT, PROFITABILITY, RECEIVABLES, REGISTRY REFORM, REGULATORY ENVIRONMENT, REGULATORY FRAMEWORK, RISK TAKING, SECURITY INTEREST, SECURITY INTERESTS, TRANSACTIONS LAWS, TRANSITION COUNTRIES, USE OF COLLATERAL, VALUE OF COLLATERAL, WORKING CAPITAL, WORLD DEVELOPMENT INDICATORS, access to bank finance,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/06/17840507/collateral-registries-movable-assets-introduction-spur-firms-access-bank-finance http://hdl.handle.net/10986/15839
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