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Access to Liquidity and Corporate Investment in Europe during the Financial Crisis
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Campello, Murillo Giambona, Erasmo Graham, John R. Harvey, Campbell R. |
| Copyright Year | 2012 |
| Abstract | We use a unique data set to show how firms in Europe used credit lines during the financial crisis. We find that firms with restricted access to credit (small, private, non-investment-grade, and unprofitable) draw more funds from their credit lines during the crisis than their large, public, invest- ment-grade, profitable counterparts. Interest spreads increased (especially in ''market-based econo- mies''), but commitment fees remained unchanged. Our findings suggest that credit lines did not dry up during the crisis and provided the liquidity that firms used to cope with this exceptional con- traction. In particular, credit lines provided the liquidity companies needed to invest during the crisis. |
| Starting Page | 323 |
| Ending Page | 346 |
| Page Count | 24 |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| DOI | 10.1093/rof/rfr030 |
| Volume Number | 16 |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://pure.uva.nl/ws/files/1822433/115180_Access_to_liquidity_and_corporate_investment_in_Europe_during_the_financial_crisis.pdf |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://faculty.fuqua.duke.edu/~charvey/Research/Published_Papers/P108_Access_to_liquidity.pdf |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://doi.org/10.1093/rof%2Frfr030 |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |