Labor and Capital Dynamics under Financing Frictions

We assemble a new, quarterly panel dataset that links firms' investment and financing to their employment and wages. In the data, wages and leverage are negatively related, both cross-sectionally and within firms. This pattern contradicts models in which firms insure workers against unemploymen...

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Main Authors: Beau Page, T. (Author), Michaels, R. (Author), Whited, T.M (Author)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Oxford University Press 2019
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