Research Programs: Industry Frontiers

Study Group on Corporate Finance and Firm Dynamics

Project Leader/Sub-Leader

UESUGI Iichiro

UESUGI Iichiro (Faculty Fellow)

Leader

Overview

This project aims to set a policy-oriented research agenda focusing on corporate finance, banking, and firm dynamics and to implement empirical studies on them. The research issues include (1) Role of commitment by the public sector in the loan market, (2) Role of the financial sector in firms' entry and exit, (3) Functions of financial intermediation and inter-firm transaction relationships, and (4) Impact of economic policy uncertainty on the behavior of firms and banks.

November 11, 2019 - October 31, 2021