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Erscheinungsjahr: 
2015
Schriftenreihe/Nr.: 
ECB Working Paper No. 1842
Verlag: 
European Central Bank (ECB), Frankfurt a. M.
Zusammenfassung: 
This paper uses a new survey-based data set and a model with strong theoretical under-pinnings to explain the characteristics and behaviour of discouraged borrowers in the euro area. The results show that more borrowers are discouraged when the average interest rate charged by banks in a country is higher. Higher corporate tax rates, on the other hand, lead to lower discouragement. We show that discouragement has strong negative effects on in- vestment growth (-4.7pp), employment growth (-2.7pp) and asset growth (-2.9pp) due to the lack of access to bank finance in the two years following the discouragement. Furthermore, we estimate that the majority of discouraged borrowers would be unable to get a loan if they would apply. Consistent with this low loan approval likelihood, discouraged borrowers tend to be relatively risky firms.
Schlagwörter: 
Discouraged borrowers
real effects
static trade-off theory
survey data
JEL: 
G01
G10
G30
G32
ISBN: 
978-92-899-1655-4
Dokumentart: 
Working Paper

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