Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/102653 
Year of Publication: 
2014
Series/Report no.: 
CFS Working Paper Series No. 469
Publisher: 
Goethe University Frankfurt, Center for Financial Studies (CFS), Frankfurt a. M.
Abstract: 
Especially in developing countries credit constraints are often perceived as one of the most important market frictions constraining firm innovation and growth. Huge amounts of public money are being devoted to the removal of such constraints but their effectiveness is still subject to an intense policy debate. This paper contributes to this debate by analysing the effects of the Brazilian Development Bank (BNDES) loans. It finds that, before receiving BNDES support, granted firms are indeed more credit constrained than comparable non-granted firms. It also finds that BNDES support allows granted firms to achieve the same level of performance as similar non-granted firms that are not credit constrained. However, it does not allow granted firms to outperform similar non-granted ones.
Subjects: 
heterogeneous firms
productivity
public policy analysis
credit constraints
JEL: 
O38
H00
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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