Acosta, Román; Cortés, Josué - In: Latin American journal of central banking : LAJCB 3 (2022) 2, pp. 1-25
This paper investigates the relationship between expansionary credit events and firms' employment decisions. To … new loans increases firms' employment by 2.57 percentage points. Timing of the boost in employment varies, with smaller … sector. Our results highlight the importance of the bank lending channel to stimulate employment in the short term …