The Misallocation of Finance
dc.contributor.author | Whited, Toni M. | |
dc.contributor | Zhao, Jake | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2016-01-06T15:29:54Z | |
dc.date.available | 2016-01-06T15:29:54Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2016-06 | |
dc.identifier | 1295 | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/116387 | |
dc.description.abstract | We ask whether financial assets are well-allocated in the cross-section of firms. Extending the framework of Hsieh and Klenow (2009) to the liabilities side of the balance sheet, we estimate the real losses that accrue from the cross-sectional misallocation of financial liabilities across firms. Using U.S. and Chinese data on manufacturing firms, we find significant misallocation of debt and equity. Although financial liabilities appear well-allocated in the United States, they are not in China. If China's debt and equity markets were as developed as those in the United States, China would realize gains of 70-100% in real firm value. We also back out the cost of debt and equity for each firm with our model, taking into account allocation distortions. We find that larger firms and firms located in more developed cities face markedly lower costs. | en_US |
dc.subject | misallocation | en_US |
dc.subject | cross-sectional efficiency | en_US |
dc.subject | capital structure | en_US |
dc.subject.classification | Finance | en_US |
dc.title | The Misallocation of Finance | en_US |
dc.type | Working Paper | en_US |
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevel | Finance | en_US |
dc.subject.hlbtoplevel | Business | |
dc.contributor.affiliationum | Ross School of Business | en_US |
dc.contributor.affiliationother | State University of New York (SUNY), Stony Brook, Department of Economics | en_US |
dc.contributor.affiliationumcampus | Ann Arbor | |
dc.description.bitstreamurl | http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/116387/1/1295_Whited.pdf | |
dc.description.bitstreamurl | http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/116387/4/1295_Whited_June2016.pdf | |
dc.description.filedescription | Description of 1295_Whited_June2016.pdf : June 2016 revision | |
dc.owningcollname | Business, Stephen M. Ross School of - Working Papers Series |
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