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Record Nr.

UNINA9910809632203321

Autore

Medina Leandro

Titolo

Spring Forward or Fall Back? The Post-Crisis Recovery of Firms / / Leandro Medina

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C. : , : International Monetary Fund, , 2012

ISBN

1-58906-174-8

1-4755-1540-5

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (32 p.)

Collana

IMF Working Papers

Disciplina

332.1;332.1/53

Soggetti

Global Financial Crisis, 2008-2009

Financial crises

Capacity

Capital and Ownership Structure

Capital

Corporate Finance and Governance: General

Currency

Depreciation

Economic & financial crises & disasters

Economic sectors

Exchange rate arrangements

Exchange rates

Financial Crises

Financial Risk and Risk Management

Financial Risk Management

Financing Policy

Firm Behavior: Empirical Analysis

Foreign Exchange

Foreign exchange

Goodwill

Industries: Manufacturing

Industry Studies: Manufacturing: General

Intangible Capital

International Finance: General

Investment

Investments: General

Macroeconomics

Manufacturing industries

Manufacturing



National accounts

Saving and investment

Value of Firms

United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; I. Introduction; II. Empirical Strategy; A. Explanatory Variables; III. Data Description; IV. Descriptive Statistics; V. Empirical Findings; A. Nonlinear Effects of Leverage; B. Robustness Tests: Trade Sensitivity and Real Depreciation Effects; VI. Conclusion; References; Tables; 1. Country and Region Coverage; 2. Sample Coverage; 3. Summary Statistics; 4. Baseline Regression: All Countries; 5. Baseline Regression: Emerging Economies; 6. Baseline Regression: Advanced Economies; 7. Nonlinear Effects of Leverage; 8. Depreciation and Trade Effects; Figures

1. Density Distribution of Corporate Performance: 2007, 2009, and 20102. Density Distribution of Corporate Performance by Levels of Leverage: 2010; 3. Corporate Performance: 2007-2010; Appendix: Data Sources and Definitions of Variables

Sommario/riassunto

This paper studies corporate performance in the aftermath of the global crisis by examining 6,581 manufacturing firms in 48 developed and developing countries in 2010, identifying factors of resilience as well as vulnerability. Based on a cross-sectional analysis, the results show that pre-crisis leverage and short-term debt have had negative effects on the speed of the recovery, while asset tangibility has had positive effects. The negative effect of leverage is non-linear, being particularly strong in firms with high pre-crisis leverage. Furthermore, the effects are different for advanced and emerging market economies. The paper also shows that the macroeconomic framework critically matters for firm growth. In particular, in countries that have allowed the exchange rate to depreciate, firms have had a faster recovery in sectors highly dependent on trade.