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Balance sheet effects of foreign currency debt and real exchange rate on corporate investment: evidence from Turkey

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I analyze the balance sheet channels of depreciation of the Turkish non-financial corporations for 2003–2015. Having constructed a novel, hand-collected firm-level dataset on the composition and term structure of foreign currency assets and liabilities, I show that foreign currency debt and mismatch has a significant negative balance sheet effect on capital investment following a depreciation. The results remain same even after controlling for foreign currency assets and exports. This implies that the contractionary net worth effect of depreciation dominates its expansionary competitiveness effect. The result is more pronounced for the firms with short-term foreign currency exposures.

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  • Demirkılıç, Serkan, 2021. "Balance sheet effects of foreign currency debt and real exchange rate on corporate investment: evidence from Turkey," Emerging Markets Review, Elsevier, vol. 47(C).
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:ememar:v:47:y:2021:i:c:s1566014121000042
    DOI: 10.1016/j.ememar.2021.100796
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    Keywords

    Balance sheet effects; Currency mismatch; Corporate investment; Corporate debt; Foreign currency debt;
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    JEL classification:

    • E22 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Consumption, Saving, Production, Employment, and Investment - - - Investment; Capital; Intangible Capital; Capacity
    • F31 - International Economics - - International Finance - - - Foreign Exchange
    • F41 - International Economics - - Macroeconomic Aspects of International Trade and Finance - - - Open Economy Macroeconomics
    • G31 - Financial Economics - - Corporate Finance and Governance - - - Capital Budgeting; Fixed Investment and Inventory Studies
    • G32 - Financial Economics - - Corporate Finance and Governance - - - Financing Policy; Financial Risk and Risk Management; Capital and Ownership Structure; Value of Firms; Goodwill
    • O16 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Financial Markets; Saving and Capital Investment; Corporate Finance and Governance

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