How Do Internal Capital Markets Work? Evidence from the Great Recession [Synthetic control methods for comparative case studies: estimating the effect of California’s tobacco control program]

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  • Review of Finance

Resumen

  • We study the inner workings of internal capital markets during the 2008–09 recession using a unique dataset of loans between business group firms in an emerging market. Intragroup loans increase quickly during the recession. Firms that are more central in the ownership network simultaneously increase lending and borrowing. Acting like simple intermediaries, central firms do not increase net lending. Our results imply that formal control rights are essential for intermediation in internal capital markets, particularly during distress. In line with previous results on winner-picking, receivers of intragroup loans are high-Q, financially constrained firms, which also perform significantly better than providers during the recession.

fecha de publicación

  • 2020

Líneas de investigación

  • Business Groups
  • Centrality
  • Control Rights
  • Great Recession
  • Internal Capital Markets

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