Abstract:This paper applies quantitative and narrative approaches to fiscal and financial policies of Chinese small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in order to study the support effect of macro policies on micro enterprises. As the first researchers to focus on the firm heterogeneity of SMEs’ policy effects, we show that the “flood irrigation” supportive policies for SMEs have not achieved the expected “help the weaker” effect. Non-state-owned SMEs and small(micro) enterprises have a low sense of policy gain, which is co… Show more
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