House prices, collateral, and self-employment

We show the importance of the collateral lending channel for small business employment over the past decade. Small businesses in areas with greater increases in house prices experienced stronger growth in employment than large firms in the same areas and industries. To identify the role of the colla...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Adelino, Manuel, Schoar, Antoinette, Severino, Felipe
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Economics
Format: Article
Published: Elsevier BV 2018
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/118461
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3658-9131