EIF SME Access to Finance Index

Arbeitspapier

This EIF Working Paper outlines the methodology underlying the new EIF SME Access to Finance (ESAF) Index. This newly developed index aims at monitoring developments in SMEs' access to financial resources in the EU and is going to be periodically updated. It fills a gap as such an index does not exist. Composite indicators can be a useful tool in the policy maker's toolbox, as they are able to summarise a complex phenomenon in one summary statistics that is straightforward to track over time, or compare between countries. However, composite indicators also have the reputation of being black boxes. Therefore, we strive for transparency by motivating all methodological considerations made throughout the construction of the ESAF Index.

Angaben zum Objekt

• Sprache: Englisch

Verweise und Beziehungen

• Erschienen in: Series: EIF Working Paper ; No. 2018/47

Klassifikation und Themen

• Klassifikation: Wirtschaft

Beteiligte, Orts- und Zeitangaben

• Ereignis: Geistige Schöpfung
• (wer): Gvetadze, Salome ; Kraemer-Eis, Helmut ; Lang, Frank ; Prencipe, Dario ; Signore, Simone ; Torfs, Wouter
• Ereignis: Veröffentlichung
• (wer): European Investment Fund (EIF)
• (wo): Luxembourg
• (wann): 2018

Weitere Informationen

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/176677
• Letzte Aktualisierung: 10.03.2025, 11:44 MEZ