Cavalcanti, Tiago; Kaboski, Joseph Paul; Martins, Bruno … - 2023
in ex post credit spreads to Brazilian firms. We develop a quantitative dynamic general equilibrium model in which … dispersion in spreads arises from intermediation costs and market power. Calibrating to the Brazilian data, we show that, for … equivalent levels of external financing, spreads have profound impacts on aggregate development indeed moreso than credit …