Banking on Snow: Bank Capital, Risk, and Employment

Simon Baumgartner, Alex Stomper, Thomas Schober and Rudolf Winter-Ebmer
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Simon Baumgartner: Humboldt University Berlin
Alex Stomper: Humboldt University Berlin

No 15519, IZA Discussion Papers from IZA Network @ LISER

Abstract: How does small-firm employment respond to exogenous labor productivity risk? We find that this depends on the capitalization of firms' local banks. The evidence comes from firms offering (quasi-) fixed employment to workers whose productivity depends on the weather. Weather risk reduces this employment, and the effect is stronger in regions where the regional banks have less equity capital. Bank capitalization also proxies for the extent to which the regional banks' borrowers can obtain liquidity when the regions are hit by weather shocks. We argue that, as liquidity providers, well-capitalized banks support economic adaptation to climate change.

Keywords: quasi-fixed employment; labor productivity risk; bank liquidity (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: E44 J23 J41 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 75 pages
Date: 2022-08
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-ban, nep-env, nep-fdg and nep-lma
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Related works:
Working Paper: Banking on Snow: Bank Capital, Risk, and Employment (2025)
Working Paper: Banking on Snow: Bank Capital, Risk, and Employment (2023)
Working Paper: Banking on Snow: Bank Capital, Risk, and Employment (2022)
Working Paper: Banking on Snow: Bank Capital, Risk, and Employment (2022)
Working Paper: Banking on Snow: Bank Capital, Risk, and Employment (2022)
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