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Le canal du crédit fonctionne-t-il en Europe ? Une étude de l’hétérogénéité des comportements d’investissement à partir de données de bilan agrégées

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  • Anne Beaudu
  • Thomas Heckel

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[fre] Cet article s’attache à étudier l’impact des politiques monétaires sur l’économie réelle en Europe, via un de leurs canaux de transmission : le canal du crédit. Ce dernier met en jeu des mécanismes liés à l’existence d’asymétries d’information sur les marchés financiers et vient modifier les conditions de financement des agents. La thèse du canal du crédit prédit que la sensibilité de l’investissement au cash-flow va augmenter suite à une période de restriction monétaire, en particulier pour les petites entreprises. Pour mettre en valeur cet impact du canal du crédit sur l’activité réelle, nous testons un modèle d’investissement classique (accélérateur-profit) sur des données de pseudo-panel harmonisées au niveau européen par la Commission Européenne (base BACH). Cette base contient des données d’entreprises agrégées par secteur d’activité et par taille dans plusieurs pays européens (Allemagne, France, Italie, Espagne, Pays-Bas, Belgique, Autriche et Portugal). Nos estimations montrent que les réactions de l’investissement aux conditions de financement sont cohérentes avec les prédictions du canal du crédit et que l’impact des chocs monétaires en Europe par ce canal serait source d’asymétrie entre pays et entre entreprises de taille différentes. [eng] Is the Credit Channel Working in Europe ? A Study of Investment Pattern Diversity Using Aggregated Balance-Sheet Data . by Anne Beaudu and Thomas Heckel . This article studies the impact of monetary policy on the real economy in Europe through one particular transmission mechanism : the credit channel. The credit channel involves the existence of information asymmetries in financial markets and changes agents’ financing conditions. According to the credit channel theory, the sensitivity of investment to cash flow should increase following periods of monetary restraint -especially for small firms. To establish the impact of the credit channel on real activity, we test a classical investment model (accelerator-profit) on pseudo-panel data for European countries harmonised by the European Commission (BACH database). The data set contains corporate data aggregated by industry and size for a number of European countries (Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Netherlands, Belgium, Austria and Portugal). Our results show that investment sensitivity to financing conditions is consistent with the credit channel theory and that the impact of monetary shocks in Europe through this channel is a source of asymmetry between countries and between firms of different sizes. . .

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  • Anne Beaudu & Thomas Heckel, 2001. "Le canal du crédit fonctionne-t-il en Europe ? Une étude de l’hétérogénéité des comportements d’investissement à partir de données de bilan agrégées," Économie et Prévision, Programme National Persée, vol. 147(1), pages 117-139.
  • Handle: RePEc:prs:ecoprv:ecop_0249-4744_2001_num_147_1_6217
    DOI: 10.3406/ecop.2001.6217
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    1. Jean Louis EKOMANE, 2017. "Monetary policy transmission: Does the credit channel perform in Cameroon?," Turkish Economic Review, KSP Journals, vol. 4(4), pages 369-377, December.

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