Balance Sheet Channel of Monetary Policy Evidence from Credit Spreads of Russian Firms

Filipp Prokopev ()
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Filipp Prokopev: University of Michigan

Russian Journal of Money and Finance, 2021, vol. 80, issue 4, 3-30

Abstract: In this paper, I analyse the relationship between the credit spreads of Russian bond issuers and monetary policy shocks. According to the theory of demand-side financial imperfections, in the presence of financial frictions, the higher the net worth of a firm, the lower its external finance premium. The theory of the balance sheet channel of monetary policy suggests that monetary shocks may affect the net worth of a firm through debt outflows. Together, these ideas predict that the external finance premium of more indebted companies is more sensitive to monetary policy shocks. However, my empirical findings from the credit spreads of Russian companies do not support this theory.

Keywords: informational asymmetry; balance sheet channel; monetary policy shock; external finance premium; credit spread (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: E44 E52 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.31477/rjmf.202104.03

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