Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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960178 | Journal of Financial Economics | 2007 | 26 Pages |
Abstract
This paper examines how a shock to collateral value influences firms’ debt capacities and investments. Using a source of exogenous variation in collateral value provided by the land market collapse in Japan, I find that collateral has a statistically and economically significant impact on corporate investments. I also provide direct evidence on the workings of such a collateral channel. Exploiting a unique dataset of matched bank-firm lending, I show that firms with greater collateral losses are less likely to sustain their banking relationships and tend to obtain a smaller amount of bank credit.
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Authors
Jie Gan,