The financing and growth of firms in China and India: evidence from capital markets
Tatiana Didier () and
Sergio Schmukler
No 6401, Policy Research Working Paper Series from The World Bank
Abstract:
This paper studies the extent to which firms in China and India use capital markets to obtain financing and grow. Using a unique data set on domestic and international capital raising activity and firm performance, it finds that the expansion of financial market activity since the 1990s has been more limited than what the aggregate figures suggest. Relatively few firms raise capital. Even fewer firms capture the bulk of the financing. Moreover, firms that issue equity or bonds are different and behave differently from other publicly listed firms. Among other things, they are typically larger and grow faster. The differences between users and non-users exist before the capital raising activity, are associated with the probability of raising capital, and become more accentuated afterward. The distribution of issuing firms shifts more over time than the distribution of those that do not issue, suggesting little convergence in firm size among listed firms.
Keywords: Debt Markets; Microfinance; Economic Theory&Research; Access to Finance; Banks&Banking Reform (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013-04-01
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