I explore the macroeconomic implications of borrowers facing both loan-to-value (LTV) and debt-service-to-income (DTI) limits, using an estimated DSGE model. I identify when each constraint dominated over the period 1984-2019: LTV constraints dominate in contractions, when house prices are...

In recent empirical literature, investment-cash flow (ICF) sensitivity can increase or decrease with the tightness of financing constraints. Earlier critiques suggesting that cash flow reflects expected productivity cannot explain the mixed results. Theories of financing constraints, however,...

We investigate if credit constraints introduce a degree of difference among firms in their mode of importing. First, we develop a simple theoretical framework highlighting the possible links between credit constraints and reliance on import intermediaries, and then use firm-level data from 66...

This study analyzes the effect of financial constraints (FCs) on firm dynamics. We measure FCs with an official credit rating, which captures availability and cost of external resources. We find that FCs undermine average firm growth, induce anti-correlation in growth patterns and reduce the...

In this paper we analyze the link between people's "subjective" expectations of returns to schooling and their decision to invest into schooling. We use data from a household survey on Mexican junior and senior high school graduates that elicits their own and their parents' beliefs about future...