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How does news about future economic fundamentals affect within-country and cross-country credit allocation? How … between 2000-2010, including the changes in the sectoral allocation of bank credit and movements in cross-country borrowing …
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This paper uses firm-level data to document and analyze international bond issuance by Chinese non-financial corporations and the use of the proceeds of issuance. We find that dollar issuance is positively correlated with the differential between domestic and foreign interest rates. This...
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This paper surveys the literature to document the main stylized facts, risks, and policy challenges related to the expansion of global nonfinancial corporate debt after the 2008–09 global financial crisis. Nonfinancial corporate debt steadily increased after the crisis, especially in emerging...
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We study a dynamic economy where credit is limited by insufficient collateral and, as a result, investment and output … are too low. In this environment, changes in investor sentiment or market expectations can give rise to credit bubbles …, that is, expansions in credit that are backed not by expectations of future profits (i.e.fundamental collateral), but …
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In 2015, 70% of newly-issued leveraged loans had weaker enforcement features, called covenant-light or "cov-lite;" this is nearly a three-time increase in cov-lite issuance compared to a previous peak in 2007. We evaluate whether this development can be attributed to market overheating, increased...
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show that this increase in credit risk can be largely attributed to an increase in the rate at which new and fast …
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A large body of empirical literature investigates differences in financing structures across firms. Private firms' financing receives little attention due to the lack of data. Using administrative confidential data on the universe of Canadian corporate firms, we compare financing relationships...
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Despite the inefficiencies documented in empirical studies, state ownership of productive assets persists worldwide. One explanation is the “market failure” view, positing that the raison d'être of state-owned firms is to enable projects the private sector is reluctant to sponsor. I analyze...
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Despite the inefficiencies documented in empirical studies, state ownership of productive assets persists worldwide. One explanation is the “market failure” view, positing that the raison d'être of state-owned firms is to enable projects the private sector is reluctant to sponsor. I analyze...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013058705