From the financial crisis to the real economy: Using firm-level data to identify transmission channels

Journal of International Economics

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 375-387

  Claessens, Stijn ^a,b,c   Tong, Hui ^a   Wei, Shang Jin ^c,d,e,f  

^a INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c CEPR   (United Kingdom)

^d Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^e TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^f NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Financial crisis; Firm level data; Real economy; Transmission channels

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS CYCLE; ECONOMIC CONDITIONS; FINANCIAL CRISIS; INDUSTRIAL ENTERPRISE; INDUSTRIAL PERFORMANCE; INTERNATIONAL TRADE;

EID: 84869870147     PISSN: 00221996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinteco.2012.02.015     Document Type: Article

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