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Do Banking Shocks Affect Borrowing Firm Performance? An Analysis of the Japanese Experience

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Kang, Jun-Koo, Stulz, Rene M.·1998·The Journal of Business

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From 1990 to 1993, the typical firm on the Tokyo Stock Exchange lost more than half its value and banks experienced severe adverse shocks. We show that firms whose debt had a higher fraction of bank loans in 1989 performed worse from 1990 to 1993. This effect is statistically as well as economically significant and holds when we control for a variety of variables that affect firm performance during this period of time. We find that firms that were more bank-dependent also invested less during this period than other firms. We also show that exogenous shocks to banks during the negotiations leading to the Basle Accord affected bank borrowers significantly.

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  • Japanese banks perpetrated soft budget constraints by over-lending to declining firms that required radical reorganization.

    “Far from being the promoters of rational investment, Japanese banks perpetrated soft budget constraints -over-lending to declining firms that required radical reorganization (Kang and Stulz 1998).”

    From Investor protection and corporate governance (2000) · cites this paper as Kang and Stulz 1998

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Authors
Kang, J.-K., & Stulz, R. M.
Venue
The Journal of Business
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
1998
Volume
73
Issue
1
Pages
1-23
ISSN
0021-9398 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W3122142145
Cited by
392
References
19
Citations by year
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FWCI
47.65
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • The Journal of Business (publishedVersion)
  • SSRN Electronic Journal (acceptedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Economics, Econometrics and Finance › Finance › Banking stability, regulation, efficiency
  • Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Accounting › Corporate Finance and Governance
  • Social Sciences › Economics, Econometrics and Finance › General Economics, Econometrics and Finance › Monetary Policy and Economic Impact
Keywords
bank lending, firm performance, corporate investment, Japanese banking crisis, Basel Accord, bank-borrower relationships, debt financing, Tokyo Stock Exchange, 1990s Japanese economy

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