Did the Euro Crisis Affect Non-Financial Firm Stock Prices Through a Financial or Trade Channel?

Author/Editor:

Stijn Claessens ; Hui Tong ; Igor Esteban Zuccardi Huertas

Publication Date:

September 1, 2011

Electronic Access:

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Summary:

This paper analyzes through what channels the euro crisis has affected firm valuations globally. It examines stock price responses over the past year for 3045 non-financial firms in 16 countries to three key crisis events. Using pre-crisis benchmarks, it separates effects arising from changes in external financing and trade conditions and examines how bank and trade linkages propagated effects across borders. It finds that policy measures announced impacted financially-constrained firms more, particularly in creditor countries with greater bank exposure to peripheral euro countries. Trade linkages with peripheral countries also played a role, with euro exchange rate movements causing differential effects.

Series:

Working Paper No. 2011/227

Subject:

English

Publication Date:

September 1, 2011

ISBN/ISSN:

9781463904951/1018-5941

Stock No:

WPIEA2011227

Pages:

40

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