Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/214930 
Year of Publication: 
2019
Series/Report no.: 
CESifo Working Paper No. 7928
Publisher: 
Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo), Munich
Abstract: 
In geographically segmented credit markets, local real estate booms can deteriorate the funding conditions for small manufacturing firms and undermine their competitiveness. Using exogenous variation in the administrative land supply across 172 Chinese cities, we show that higher predicted real estate prices cause higher borrowing costs for small manufacturing firms, reduce their bank lending, lower their investment rate and labor productivity, and reduce their output and TFP growth by economically significant magnitudes. These effects are absent in large and listed companies with access to the national capital market. The evidence highlights the benefits of financial market integration.
Subjects: 
factor price externalities
real estate booms
firm growth
financial constraints
JEL: 
D22
D24
R31
Document Type: 
Working Paper
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