Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/75003 
Authors: 
Year of Publication: 
2002
Series/Report no.: 
LICOS Discussion Paper No. 116
Publisher: 
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, LICOS Centre for Transition Economics, Leuven
Abstract: 
A conceptual framework for analyzing the credit rationing and the link between credit access and profitability is developed. The empirical analysis using data from manufacturing firms in Bulgaria, provides direct estimates of credit rationing and its impact on profitability in transition economies. The results from the switching regression suggest that the presence of credit market constraints does impinge on profitability of credit rationed firms and support the credit crunch hypothesis for periods following the financial market collapse as a result of previous soft budget constraints.
Subjects: 
credit rationing
profitability
economies in transition
Bulgaria
JEL: 
G3
L2
P2
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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