Bank distress and firms’ investment during the Great Recession - evidence from Ireland

Mariana Spatareanu, Vlad Manole and Ali Kabiri

Applied Economics Letters, 2017, vol. 24, issue 3, 143-147

Abstract: This article investigates the impact of bank distress on firms’ performance using unique data during the Great Recession for Ireland. The results show that bank distress, measured as banks’ credit default swap spreads (CDS), has negatively and statistically significantly affected firms’ investment expenditures. Interestingly, firms with access to alternative sources of external finance are not impacted by bank distress. The results are robust to accounting for external finance dependence, demand and trade sensitivities, which affect firm performance and the demand for credit.

Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.1080/13504851.2016.1170928

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