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Collateral Value and Financing Constraint: Analysis using Corporate Data after the Great Tohoku Earthquake

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  • Uchida, Hirofumi
  • Miyakawa, Daisuke
  • Uesugi, Iichiro
  • Ono, Arito
  • Hosono, Kaoru

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The aim of this paper is to study the collateral channel which predicts that the reduction in the value of firms' physical assets leads to their smaller debt capacity, hence to borrowing constraints. As a unique feature of our approach, we employ a quasi-natural experiment approach and focus on a purely exogenous shock on firms' collateral values stemming from the damages associated with the Great Tohoku Earthquake, which enables us to identify the collateral channel in a much cleaner manner than conventional approaches. Our estimates show that firms that suffered from damages on their tangible fixed assets were more likely to face difficulty in borrowing from financial institutions. This finding supports the existence of the collateral channel.

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  • Uchida, Hirofumi & Miyakawa, Daisuke & Uesugi, Iichiro & Ono, Arito & Hosono, Kaoru, 2015. "Collateral Value and Financing Constraint: Analysis using Corporate Data after the Great Tohoku Earthquake," Economic Review, Hitotsubashi University, vol. 66(3), pages 224-241, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:hit:ecorev:v:66:y:2015:i:3:p:224-241
    DOI: 10.15057/27513
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    JEL classification:

    • G21 - Financial Economics - - Financial Institutions and Services - - - Banks; Other Depository Institutions; Micro Finance Institutions; Mortgages
    • G32 - Financial Economics - - Corporate Finance and Governance - - - Financing Policy; Financial Risk and Risk Management; Capital and Ownership Structure; Value of Firms; Goodwill
    • H84 - Public Economics - - Miscellaneous Issues - - - Disaster Aid
    • Q54 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics - - - Climate; Natural Disasters and their Management; Global Warming

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