Corporate leverage and the collateral channel |
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Authors: | Lars Norden Stefan van Kampen |
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Affiliation: | 1. Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University, 3000 DR Rotterdam, Netherlands |
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Abstract: | We investigate whether and how corporate leverage depends on the structure of corporate assets. Based on a large panel dataset of US firms from 1990 to 2010, we show that property, plant and equipment are important drivers of the collateral channel, while inventories and receivables are less important. The collateral channel is more pronounced for firms that have to rely on banks and trade creditors to raise debt finance, but it has become weaker for these firms after the start of the financial crisis. Our study provides new evidence on the cross-sectional and time-varying importance of the collateral channel for corporate leverage. |
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Keywords: | G21 G32 |
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