TY - GEN AB - We investigate the impact of sovereign defaults on the ability of the corporate sector in emerging nations to finance itself abroad. We test the hypothesis that sovereign defaults have a negative spillover onto the private sector through credit rationing. We explore a novel data set covering the majority of corporates in emerging nations that received foreign capital between 1880 and 1913. Results confirm that credit rationing existed, was very large, and persisted long beyond the default settlement. The private sector paid a severe cost for their governments' debt intolerance, with negative implications for their growth. AU - Esteves, Rui Pedro AU - Tovar Jalles, João CN - P 3/86 DA - 2016 ID - 296112 L1 - https://repository.graduateinstitute.ch/record/296112/files/Esteves_Like_father_like_sons.pdf L2 - https://repository.graduateinstitute.ch/record/296112/files/Esteves_Like_father_like_sons.pdf L4 - https://repository.graduateinstitute.ch/record/296112/files/Esteves_Like_father_like_sons.pdf LK - https://repository.graduateinstitute.ch/record/296112/files/Esteves_Like_father_like_sons.pdf N2 - We investigate the impact of sovereign defaults on the ability of the corporate sector in emerging nations to finance itself abroad. We test the hypothesis that sovereign defaults have a negative spillover onto the private sector through credit rationing. We explore a novel data set covering the majority of corporates in emerging nations that received foreign capital between 1880 and 1913. Results confirm that credit rationing existed, was very large, and persisted long beyond the default settlement. The private sector paid a severe cost for their governments' debt intolerance, with negative implications for their growth. PY - 2016 T1 - Like father like sons?the cost of sovereign defaults in reduced credit to the private sector TI - Like father like sons?the cost of sovereign defaults in reduced credit to the private sector UR - https://repository.graduateinstitute.ch/record/296112/files/Esteves_Like_father_like_sons.pdf Y1 - 2016 ER -