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040 |aCaOODSP|beng
041 |aeng|bfre
043 |an-cn---
0861 |aFB3-5/2018-59E-PDF
1001 |aGao, Xiaodan.
24514|aThe role of corporate saving over the business cycle |h[electronic resource] : |bshock absorber or amplifier? / |cby Xiaodan Gao and Shaofeng Xu.
260 |a[Ottawa] : |bBank of Canada, |c2018.
300 |aii, 52 p.
4901 |aBank of Canada staff working paper,|x1701-9397 ; |v2018-59
500 |a"December 2018."
504 |aIncludes bibliographic references.
520 |a"We document countercyclical corporate saving behavior with the degree of countercyclicality varying nonmonotonically with firm size. We then develop a dynamic stochastic general equilibrium model with heterogeneous firms to explain the pattern and study its implications for business cycles. In the presence of financial frictions and fixed operating costs, a persistent negative productivity shock signals low future income and prompts firms to hold more cash in order to preserve financial flexibility and maintain normal operations. This countercyclicality exhibits a hump-shaped relation to firm size. Compared with medium-sized firms, small firms have a higher marginal product of capital and thus better investment opportunities, which compete for resources with cash, while large firms have more pledgeable assets and demand less cash. We find that, on average, firms accumulate cash by cutting investment and employment in recessions, which reduces aggregate output and increases economic fluctuations. Corporate saving, therefore, amplifies aggregate shocks"--Abstract.
546 |aIncludes abstract in French.
69207|2gccst|aEconomic analysis
69207|2gccst|aBusiness development
7001 |aXu, Shaofeng.
7102 |aBank of Canada.
830#0|aStaff working paper (Bank of Canada)|x1701-9397 ; |v2018-59|w(CaOODSP)9.806221
85640|qPDF|s1.28 MB|uhttps://publications.gc.ca/collections/collection_2019/banque-bank-canada/FB3-5-2018-59-eng.pdf