Monetary Policy and Corporate Behavior in India

February 1, 2005

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Monetary Policy and Corporate Behavior in India, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 2005) accessed October 10, 2024

Disclaimer: This Working Paper should not be reported as representing the views of the IMF.The views expressed in this Working Paper are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent those of the IMF or IMF policy. Working Papers describe research in progress by the author(s) and are published to elicit comments and to further debate

Summary

The paper examines the association and corporate behavior for a sample of manufacturing firms in India for the post-reform period 1992-2003. The findings suggest that a contractionary monetary policy lowers overall debt including bank debt, although the lagged response is positive, and listed firms increase their short-term bank borrowings, after monetary tightening. The responses of corporates to a monetary contraction in the post-1997 period has been more pronounced. A disaggregated analysis of responses of firms according to size and leverage largely validates these findings. Two policy implications emerge from the analysis. First, the interest rate transmission channel has strengthened since 1998, and, second, corporates in India, especially listed ones, seem to exhibit relationship lending.

Subject: Bank credit, Banking, Financial statements, Monetary tightening, Stock markets

Keywords: Balance sheet, Debt ratio, Firm-level indicators, Governance characteristic, Interest rate, WP

Publication Details

Pages:

25
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Working Paper No. 2005/025
Stock No:

WPIEA2005025
ISBN:

9781451860443
ISSN:

1018-5941

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