TY - JOUR ID - eprints781 N1 - Associazione PSL ©1998 EP - 214 SN - 0026-9611 N2 - This paper examines the likelihood of credit rationing faced by firms of dif­ferent size. Cantrary to common thought, several recent contributions on this topic argue that, when rationing credit, size alone is not a sufficient con­dition for discriminating between firms. We show that this result can be predicted using a framework based on the Stiglitz-Weiss model. In particular, in an environment of asymmetric information, we highlight how the likeli­hood of credit rationing depends upon the shape of the,distribution function of project returns, especially its asymmetry and Kurtosis. Our empirical re­sults do not support the hypothesis that small firms face more credit ration­ing than larger firms. TI - Razionamento del credito e dimensioni di impresa AV - public UR - http://eprints.imtlucca.it/781/ VL - 202 PB - Associazione Paolo Sylos Labini A1 - Calcagnini, Giorgio A1 - Iacobucci, Donato A1 - Ticchi, Davide SP - 197 Y1 - 1998/// IS - 51 JF - Moneta e credito ER -