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Investment, credit rationing, and the soft budget constraint: what would a well-functioning credit market look like?

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  • Filer, Randall K.

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IV estimates of the link between profits and investment in the Czech Republic find a complex relationship. While firms may occasionally be credit rationed or face soft budget constraints, investments generally flow to industries with the greatest profit potential or need for recapitalization
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  • Hanousek, Jan & Filer, Randall K., 2004. "Investment, credit rationing, and the soft budget constraint: what would a well-functioning credit market look like?," Economics Letters, Elsevier, vol. 82(3), pages 385-390, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:ecolet:v:82:y:2004:i:3:p:385-390
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    • D2 - Microeconomics - - Production and Organizations
    • E2 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Consumption, Saving, Production, Employment, and Investment
    • G3 - Financial Economics - - Corporate Finance and Governance

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