Financial Crisis and Credit Crunch in Korea : Evidence From Firm-Level Data /

This paper analyzes the credit crunch following the recent financial crisis in Korea. Using enterprise-level data, we find that there were big differences in the magnitude of the credit contraction across different types of firms. In particular, chaebol (conglomerate)-affiliated firms appeared to ha...

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Autor principal: Lee, Jong-Wha
Otros Autores: Borensztein, Eduardo
Formato: Revista
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2000.
Colección:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2000/025
Acceso en línea:Full text available on IMF
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Sumario:This paper analyzes the credit crunch following the recent financial crisis in Korea. Using enterprise-level data, we find that there were big differences in the magnitude of the credit contraction across different types of firms. In particular, chaebol (conglomerate)-affiliated firms appeared to have lost the preferential access to credit they enjoyed in the pre-crisis period, and credit appears to have been reallocated in favor of more efficient firms. This suggests that the credit crunch suffered by certain sectors can be attributed to the adjustment by banks and enterprises to the restructuring of the financial sector, rather than to tight monetary policy or an external credit constraint.
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