Corporate Foreign Bond Issuance and Interfirm Loans in China

Yi Huang, Ugo Panizza and Richard Portes

No 24513, NBER Working Papers from National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc

Abstract: 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 interest rate differential increases the likelihood of dollar bond issuance by risky firms and decreases the likelihood of dollar bond issuance of exporters and profitable firms. Moreover, and most strikingly, we find that risky firms do more inter-firm lending than non-risky firms and that this lending rose significantly after the regulatory shock of 2008-09, when the authorities sought to restrict the financial activities of risky firms. Risky firms try to boost profitability by engaging in speculative activities that mimic the behavior of financial institutions while escaping prudential regulation that limits risk-taking by financial firms.

JEL-codes: F32 F34 G15 G30 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018-04
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Published as Yi Huang & Ugo Panizza & Richard Portes, 2024. "Corporate foreign bond issuance and interfirm loans in China," Journal of International Economics, .

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