Employment and the residential collateral channel of monetary policy

Saleem Bahaj, Angus Foulis, Gabor Pinter and Paolo Surico

Journal of Monetary Economics, 2022, vol. 131, issue C, 26-44

Abstract: Using micro-data covering private and public UK firms, we document heterogeneous responses to monetary policy; finding that employment at younger, more-levered firms is most sensitive. This heterogeneity is consistent with firm-level financial constraints. To show this, we exploit the fact that the homes of company directors are a key source of corporate collateral, but many directors live in a different region to their firm, allowing specifications controlling for demand. Younger, more-levered firms exposed to collateral fluctuations drive the employment response, showing a residential collateral channel in the transmission of monetary policy to firms.

Keywords: Firm heterogeneity; Financial constraints; SME financing; Monetary policy transmission (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D22 E52 R30 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jmoneco.2022.07.002

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