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Credit and Liquidity Policies during Large Crises
Abstract: We compare firms’ financials during the Great Financial Crisis (GFC) and COVID-19. While the two crises featured similar increases in credit spreads, debt and liquid assets decreased during the GFC but increased during COVID-19. In the cross-section, leverage was the primary determinant of credit spreads and investment during the GFC, but liquidity was more important during COVID-19. We augment a quantitative model of firm capital structure with a motive to hold liquid assets. The GFC resembled a combination of real and financial shocks, while COVID-19 also featured liquidity shocks. We study the state-dependent effects of credit and liquidity policies.
Keywords: credit spreads; liquidity; Great Recession; COVID-19;
https://doi.org/10.20955/wp.2020.035
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Publication Date: 2024-02-22
Number: 2020-035
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