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Public intervention in UK small firm credit markets: value-for-money or waste of scarce resources?

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posted on 2023-06-08, 11:56 authored by Marc Cowling, Josh SiepelJosh Siepel
Loan guarantee schemes are used in many countries to provide financial support to small firms by guaranteeing loans from commercial banks, but questions remain about whether public intervention in private credit markets to support entrepreneurial firms is justified. This paper examines whether the UK Small Firms Loan Guarantee Scheme (SFLG) provides value-for-money to the UK tax payer, presenting a regression based performance approach which then feeds into a formal cost–benefit analysis. Specifically, we consider whether firm performance post-investment is such that it justifies the governments’ presence in the lending market and the costs associated with it. Our findings suggest that entrepreneurial firms that are able to access new finance through SFLG achieve superior performance in the form of improved sales, job creation and exports and that this justifies public intervention in private credit markets.

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Publication status

  • Published

Journal

Technovation

ISSN

0166-4972

Publisher

Elsevier

Issue

8

Volume

33

Page range

265-275

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  • SPRU - Science Policy Research Unit Publications

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Peer reviewed?

  • Yes

Legacy Posted Date

2013-03-08

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