Misallocation and financial market frictions: Some direct evidence from the dispersion in borrowing costs

Review of Economic Dynamics

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 159-176

  Gilchrist, Simon ^a,b   Sim, Jae W ^c   Zakrajšek, Egon ^c  

^a USA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD   (United States)

Author keywords

Financial distortions; Firm specific borrowing costs; Total factor productivity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84871928994     PISSN: 10942025     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.red.2012.11.001     Document Type: Article

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