Dollars Dollars Everywhere, nor Any Dime to Lend : Credit Limit Constraints on Financial Sector Absorptive Capacity

We exploit an unexpected inflow of liquidity in an emerging market to study how capital is intermediated to firms. We find that backward-looking credit limit constraints imposed by banks make it difficult for firms to borrow, despite readily available bank liquidity, healthy aggregate demand, and a...

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Main Authors: Khwaja, Asim Ijaz, Mian, Atif, Zia, Bilal
Format: Journal Article
Language:EN
Published: 2012
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10986/4630

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