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Information Sharing and Credit: Firm-Level Evidence from Transition CountriesMartin BrownUniversity of St. Gallen, Swiss Institute of Banking and Finance Tullio JappelliUniversity of Naples Federico II - Department of Economics; Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR); European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI); Center for Studies in Economics and Finance - CSEF Marco PaganoUniversity of Naples Federico II - Department of Economics; Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR); European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI) May 2007 CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP6313 Abstract: We investigate whether information sharing among banks has affected credit market performance in the transition countries of Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union, using a large sample of firm-level data. Our estimates show that information sharing is associated with improved availability and lower cost of credit to firms, and that this correlation is stronger for opaque firms than transparent firms. In cross-sectional estimates, we control for variation in country-level aggregate variables that may affect credit, by examining the differential impact of information sharing across firm types. In panel estimates, we also control for the presence of unobserved heterogeneity at the firm level and for changes in selected macroeconomic variables.
Number of Pages in PDF File: 40 Keywords: credit access, information sharing, transition countries JEL Classification: D82, G21, G28, O16, P34 working papers seriesDate posted: May 27, 2008Suggested CitationContact Information
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