Capital Market Financing, Firm Growth, and Firm Size Distribution
Hong Kong Institute for Monetary and Financial Research (HKIMR) Research Paper WP No. 17/2015
Journal of International Money and Finance, Volume 118, November 2021, 102459
48 Pages Posted: 1 Sep 2015 Last revised: 26 Sep 2023
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Capital Market Financing, Firm Growth, and Firm Size Distribution
Capital Market Financing, Firm Growth, and Firm Size Distribution
Capital Market Financing, Firm Growth, and Firm Size Distribution
Date Written: August 2015
Abstract
This working paper was written by Tatiana Didier (World Bank), Ross Levine (University of California at Berkeley and National Bureau of Economic Research) and Sergio L. Schmukler (World Bank and Hong Kong Institute for Monetary Research).
How many and which firms issue equity and bonds in domestic and international markets, how do these firms grow relative to non-issuing firms, and how does firm performance vary along the firm size distribution (FSD)? To evaluate these questions, we construct a new dataset by matching data on firm-level capital raising activity with balance sheet data for 45,527 listed firms in 51 countries. Three main patterns emerge from the analysis. (1) Only a few large firms issue equity or bonds, and among them a small subset has raised a large proportion of the funds raised during the 1990s and 2000s. (2) Issuers grow faster than non-issuers in terms of assets, sales, and employment, that is, firms do not simply use securities markets to adjust their financial accounts. (3) The FSD of issuers evolves differently from that of non-issuers, tightening among issuers and widening among non-issuers.
Keywords: Access to Finance, Bond Markets, Capital Market Development, Capital Raisings, Firm Dynamics, Firm Financing, Stock Markets
JEL Classification: F65, G00, G10, G31, G32, L25
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