Abstract
Using a large panel of mainly unquoted euro‐area firms over the period 2003–2011, this paper examines the impact of financial pressure on firms’ employment. The analysis finds evidence that financial pressure negatively affects firms’ employment decisions. This effect is stronger during the euro area‐crisis (2010–2011), especially for firms in the periphery compared to their counterparts in non‐periphery European economies. When we introduce firm‐level heterogeneity, we show that financial pressure appears to be both statistically and quantitatively more important for bank‐dependent, small and privately held firms operating in periphery economies during the crisis.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 617-646 |
Number of pages | 30 |
Journal | Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics |
Volume | 81 |
Issue number | 3 |
Early online date | 23 Nov 2018 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 1 Jun 2019 |
Bibliographical note
We are grateful to Francesco Zanetti (Editor) and three anonymous referees for useful comments and suggestions. We also thank Nikos Giannakopoulos, Sotirios Kokas and participants at the Financial Engineering and Banking Society 2014 Conference; the UECE 2014 Conference on Economic and Financial Adjustments; the Annual 2014 Conference of Money Macro and Finance; the Financial Management Association European 2015 Conference; the Financial Management Association Annual Meeting 2015; the University of Sussex; the Vienna University of Economic and Business; and the University of Gent for comments received on an earlier draft of this paper. Any remaining errors are our own.Keywords
- financial pressure
- firm employment
- Euro area
- financial crisis
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Filipa Alexandra da Silva Fernandes
- Business School, Accountancy & Finance, Finance - Senior Lecturer
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