Fiscal Consolidation and the Cost of Credit : Evidence from Syndicated Loans /

We examine how the cost of corporate credit varies around fiscal consolidations aimed at reducing government debt. Using a new dataset on fiscal consolidations and syndicated corporate loan data, we find that loan spreads increase with fiscal consolidations, especially for small firms, domestic firm...

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Auteur principal: Agca, Senay
Autres auteurs: Igan, Deniz
Format: Revue
Langue:English
Publié: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2013.
Collection:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2013/036
Accès en ligne:Full text available on IMF