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We provide evidence suggesting that incumbents' access to group deep pockets has a negative impact on entry in product markets. Relying on a unique French data set on business groups, our paper presents three major findings. First, the amount of cash holdings owned by incumbent-affiliated groups...
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market financing, debt or equity financing - seems to be particularly harmful or beneficial for growth. …
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negatively related to credit spreads. Particularly during the financial crisis of 2007-09 and the subsequent European debt crisis …
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We show that lenders join a U.S. commercial credit bureau when information asymmetries between incumbents and entrants create an adverse selection problem that hinders market entry. Lenders also delay joining when information asymmetries protect them from competition in existing markets,...
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Broker-dealer leverage has recently proven to be strongly procyclical, exhibiting impressive explanatory power for a … balance-sheet indicators for asset pricing. In particular, leverage shows a procyclical behavior with a positive price of risk …. Moreover, high leverage coincides with high asset prices, thereby forecasting lower future returns. …
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Trading frictions in financial markets affect more long- than short-term bonds generating an upward sloping yield curve. Long-term financing is more expensive in economies with higher trading frictions so firms choose to borrow and invest in shorter horizons and lower productivity projects. The...
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