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

Autores: Luis Garicano, Claudia Steinwender
Localización: The Review of economics and statistics, ISSN 0034-6535, Vol. 98, Nº 5, 2016, págs. 913-924
Idioma: inglés
DOI: 10.1162/rest_a_00566
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Resumen
- 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 firmlevel 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 precrisis debt maturity. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]