Financial Liberalization, Credit Market Dynamism, and Allocative Efficiency

Ana María Herrera, Raoul Minetti and Matthew Schaffer

Journal of Money, Credit and Banking, 2025, vol. 57, issue 6, 1559-1596

Abstract: We investigate the effects of financial liberalization on the dynamism of the credit market. We measure interfirm credit reallocation in the U.S. states following a methodology akin to Davis and Haltiwanger (1992). We then exploit the staggered liberalization of the credit markets of the U.S. states to identify an exogenous shock to the credit reallocation process. The liberalization intensified credit reallocation in the states, even within narrowly defined groups of continuing firms, while leaving credit growth essentially unaltered. The results suggest that the increased credit market dynamism enhanced the allocation of funds to productive firms and total factor productivity growth.

Date: 2025
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