Cerqueiro, Geraldo - 2016
In this paper, we investigate the economy-wide effects of the collateral channel by exploiting: (i) a legal reform in … Sweden in 2004 that reduced collateral values, and (ii) a dataset that covers all incorporated firms in Sweden over the … period 2000-2006. We find that the loss in collateral value reduces both the amount and the maturity of firm debt and leads …