Survive another day: using changes in the composition of investments to measure the cost of credit constraints

Luis Garicano and Claudia Steinwender

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Abstract: We introduce a novel empirical strategy to measure the size of credit shocks. Theoretically, we show that credit shocks reduce the value of long-term relative to short-term investments. Empirically, we can therefore compare the reduction of long-term relative to short-term investments within firms, allowing for firm-times-year fixed effects. Using Spanish firm level data, we estimate the credit crunch to be equivalent to an additional tax rate of around 11% on the longest lived capital. To pin down credit constraints as the underlying cause, we apply triple differences strategies using foreign ownership or pre-crisis debt maturity.

JEL-codes: D24 E22 E32 G31 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016-12-01
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Published in Review of Economics and Statistics, 1, December, 2016, 98(5), pp. 913-924. ISSN: 0034-6535

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Journal Article: Survive Another Day: Using Changes in the Composition of Investments to Measure the Cost of Credit Constraints (2016)
Working Paper: Survive Another Day: Using Changes in the Composition of Investments to Measure the Cost of Credit Constraints (2013)
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