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Inversión, desfase de madurez y choques de liquidez en Chile

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  • Cowan, Kevin N.

    (División Política Financiera del Banco Central de Chile)

  • Hansen, Erwin G.

    (Facultad de Economía y Empresa, Universidad Diego Portales)

Abstract

This paper quantifies the impact on firms of having excessive short-term debt when they face an unanticipated increase in the cost of refunding. Using a panel dataset of Chilean firms, for the period 1994-2003, we find that when firms face liquidity shocks. Either domestic or foreign, those firms with a higher maturity mismatch invest relatively less. This effect is significant and it is equivalent to a drop of 6% of the average investment of the firms in the sample. Additionally, we find that this effect is offset in those firms that have access to international markets, through either the issuance of ADR or foreign ownership.// Este trabajo cuantifica el efecto que tiene para las empresas mantener excesiva deuda de corto plazo, cuando se van enfrentadas a incrementos no esperados en el costo de refinación. Utilizando un conjunto de empresas chilenas, para en el período 1994-2003, se muestra que efectivamente las empresas más desfasadas de los vencimientos en términos de madurez, invierten relativamente menos, cuando enfrentan un choque de liquidez, tanto interno como externo. Este efecto es económicamente significativo, y representa una caída cercana a 6% de la inversión promedio de las empresas en la muestra. Además, se encuentra que este efecto no es homogéneo, en particular de las empresas que tienen acceso a los mercados externos, ya sea porque emitan ADR o porque tienen propiedad extranjera, y que son capaces de absorber de mejor manera estos choques.

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  • Cowan, Kevin N. & Hansen, Erwin G., 2008. "Inversión, desfase de madurez y choques de liquidez en Chile," El Trimestre Económico, Fondo de Cultura Económica, vol. 0(298), pages 433-470, abril-jun.
  • Handle: RePEc:elt:journl:v:75:y:2008:i:298:p:433-470
    DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.20430/ete.v75i298.408
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    Keywords

    inversión en capital fijo; deuda de corto plazo; choques de liquidez; deuda en dólares;
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    JEL classification:

    • G31 - Financial Economics - - Corporate Finance and Governance - - - Capital Budgeting; Fixed Investment and Inventory Studies
    • E22 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Consumption, Saving, Production, Employment, and Investment - - - Investment; Capital; Intangible Capital; Capacity
    • F32 - International Economics - - International Finance - - - Current Account Adjustment; Short-term Capital Movements

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