Firm-Level Data and Monetary Policy: The Case of a Middle Income Country

November 1, 2019

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Lahcen Bounader, and Mohamed Doukali. Firm-Level Data and Monetary Policy: The Case of a Middle Income Country, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 2019) accessed December 26, 2024

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Summary

We test the existence of the balance sheet channel of monetary policy in a middle-income country. Firm-level data scarcity and quality, in such a context, make the identification of this channel a steep challenge. To circumvent this challenge, we use panel instrumental variables estimation with measurement error to analyze the financial statements of 58 500 Moroccan firms over the period 2010-2016. Our analysis confirms the existence of this channel. It shows that monetary policy has a significant impact on small and medium enterprises’ access to banks’ financing, and that firm-specific variables are key determinants of firms’ financing decisions.

Subject: Banking, Collateral, Econometric analysis, Estimation techniques, External debt, Financial institutions, Financial statements, Loans, Public financial management (PFM), Trade credits

Keywords: Balance sheet response, Collateral, Data scarcity, Debt variable, Estimation techniques, Financial statements, Financing decision, Firm, Loans, Long-term debt, Maghreb, Reputation build-up, Short-term debt, Southern Europe, Trade credits, WP

Publication Details

Pages:

34
Volume:

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Series:

Working Paper No. 2019/239
Stock No:

WPIEA2019239
ISBN:

9781513518862
ISSN:

1018-5941

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