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Financing Decisions of Firms and Central Bank Policy

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  • Jacques Olivier

    (GREGH - Groupement de Recherche et d'Etudes en Gestion à HEC - HEC Paris - Ecole des Hautes Etudes Commerciales - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique)

  • Ai-Ting Goh

    (GREGH - Groupement de Recherche et d'Etudes en Gestion à HEC - HEC Paris - Ecole des Hautes Etudes Commerciales - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique)

Abstract

This paper aims to explain why unhedged foreign borrowing by South East Asian corporations rose sharply during the few years prior to the crisis despite little change in fundamentals. We show that decisions of firms and decisions of the central bank are complementary. Consequently, a small shock to fundamentals may have a large and permanent impact on the equilibrium composition of firms' borrowing.

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  • Jacques Olivier & Ai-Ting Goh, 2004. "Financing Decisions of Firms and Central Bank Policy," Post-Print hal-00460037, HAL.
  • Handle: RePEc:hal:journl:hal-00460037
    DOI: 10.1016/j.jimonfin.2004.09.002
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    Keywords

    Foreign borrowing; Central bank; Asian crisis;
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    JEL classification:

    • E58 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Monetary Policy, Central Banking, and the Supply of Money and Credit - - - Central Banks and Their Policies
    • F34 - International Economics - - International Finance - - - International Lending and Debt Problems

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