To analyze whether the occurrence of elections affects access to credit for firms, we perform an investigation using … firm-level data covering 44 developed and developing countries. The results show that elections impair access to credit …. Specifically, firms are more credit-constrained in election years and pre-election years as elections exacerbate political …

To analyze whether the occurrence of elections affects access to credit for firms, we perform an investigation using … firm-level data covering 44 developed and developing countries. The results show that elections impair access to credit …. Specifically, firms are more credit-constrained in election years and pre-election years as elections exacerbate political …

does not increase bank credit by favoring only bad loans. Therefore, our findings show that while the overall effect of …