Credit Market Imperfections and Persistent Unemployment

Daron Acemoglu

No 7938, NBER Working Papers from National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc

Abstract: This paper develops the thesis that credit market frictions may be an important contributor to high unemployment in Europe. When a change in the technological regime necessitates the creation of new firms, this can happen relatively rapidly in the U.S. where credit markets function efficiently. In contrast, in Europe, job creation is constrained by credit market imperfections, so unemployment rises and remains high for an extended period. The data show that there has not been slower growth in the most credit dependent industries in Europe relative to the U.S., but the share of employment in these industries is lower than in the U.S.. This suggests that although credit market imperfections are unlikely to have been the major cause of the increase in European unemployment, they may have played some role in limiting European employment growth.

JEL-codes: E24 J64 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2000-10
Note: CH
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Published as Acemoglu, Daron. "Credit Market Imperfections And Persistent Unemployment," European Economic Review, 2001, v45(4-6,May), 665-679.

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