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Did Unconventional Interventions Unfreeze the Credit Market?

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  • Hui Tong
  • Shang-Jin Wei

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This paper investigates whether and how unconventional interventions in 2008–2010 unfroze the credit market. We construct a dataset of 198 interventions for 16 countries during 2008–2010 and examine heterogeneous responses in stock prices to the interventions across 7,873 nonfinancial firms in those countries. Stock prices increase when the interventions are announced, particularly for firms with greater intrinsic need for external capital. This pattern is corroborated by subsequent expansions in firm investment, R&D expenditure, and employment. Among various forms of interventions, recapitalization of banks appears particularly effective in channeling the intervention effects from financial to nonfinancial sectors.

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  • Hui Tong & Shang-Jin Wei, 2020. "Did Unconventional Interventions Unfreeze the Credit Market?," American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics, American Economic Association, vol. 12(2), pages 284-309, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:aea:aejmac:v:12:y:2020:i:2:p:284-309
    DOI: 10.1257/mac.20160023
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    1. Metrick, Andrew, 2022. "Broad-Based Capital Injection Programs," Journal of Financial Crises, Yale Program on Financial Stability (YPFS), vol. 4(1), pages 1-48, April.

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    JEL classification:

    • E44 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Money and Interest Rates - - - Financial Markets and the Macroeconomy
    • E58 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Monetary Policy, Central Banking, and the Supply of Money and Credit - - - Central Banks and Their Policies
    • G01 - Financial Economics - - General - - - Financial Crises
    • G14 - Financial Economics - - General Financial Markets - - - Information and Market Efficiency; Event Studies; Insider Trading
    • G21 - Financial Economics - - Financial Institutions and Services - - - Banks; Other Depository Institutions; Micro Finance Institutions; Mortgages
    • G31 - Financial Economics - - Corporate Finance and Governance - - - Capital Budgeting; Fixed Investment and Inventory Studies
    • G32 - Financial Economics - - Corporate Finance and Governance - - - Financing Policy; Financial Risk and Risk Management; Capital and Ownership Structure; Value of Firms; Goodwill

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