This paper analyzes endogenous fluctuations in total factor productivity (TFP) in a dynamic general equilibrium model with heterogeneous agents, and illustrates the interaction of credit market frictions, asset prices, the entry and exit of firms, and fluctuations in TFP in response to...

Individual financial systems can be understood as very specific configurations of certain key elements. Often these configurations remain unchanged for decades. We hypothesize that there is a specific relationship between key elements, namely that of complementarity. Thus, complementarity seems...

Utilising a unique data set with annual accounts from around 37,000 Danish non-financial firms spanning one and a half decade or so, we offer microeconometric evidence on bankfirm relationships and the performance of non-financial firms during the financial crisis 2008-09. Two major conclusions...

Modelling the link between the global macro-financial factors and firms’ default probabilities constitutes an elementary part of financial sector stress-testing frameworks. Using the Global Vector Autoregressive(GVAR) model and constructing a linking satellite equation for the firm-level...

Spendensammelnde Nonprofit-Organisationen (NPOs) verfügen verglichen mit gewinnorientierten Unternehmen ähnlicher Grösse über relativ hohe finanzielle Reserven in Form eines Finanzvermögens. Deren Höhe hängt von verschiedenen Faktoren ab, die im Rahmen der vorliegenden Studie untersucht...

The aim of this paper is to evaluate the contribution of several aspects of the bank-firm relationships in anticipating the corporate default event at least one year before. Using a unique dataset on a sample of 113 co-operative credit banks and about 12,000 firms operating in Italy, between...

This study provides the first empirical assessment of the causal impact of bureaucratic corruption on firms' financial constraints in Nigeria by calculating treatment effects using linear and non-linear estimators to account for potential heterogeneous treatment effects across firm groups....

This paper studies the role of collateral using the euro area corporate credit registry, Ana-Credit. We document key facts about the importance, distribution, and composition of collateral, including its presence, types, and values. On average, 70 % of credit amounts are collateralized. Real...

A growing class of investors specializes in funding distressed firms. Specialization allows these investors to develop valuable expertise, which in principle can contribute to overall economic efficiency. Notwithstanding this argument, we show that specialized distress investors (SDIs) can...

This empirical examination of the effect of rollover risk on default risk uses a database of U.S. industrial firms during 1986-2011. This article represents the most comprehensive empirical study to date to support the existence of a rollover risk effect on default risk. This paper investigates...