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Project Citation: 

Cai, Jing, and Szeidl, Adam. Data and code for: Indirect Effects of Access to Finance. Nashville, TN: American Economic Association [publisher], 2024. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2024-07-10. https://doi.org/10.3886/E197302V1

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We created experimental variation across markets in China in the share of firms having access to a new loan product. Access to finance had a large positive direct effect on the performance of treated firms, but a similar-sized negative indirect effect on that of firms with treated competitors, leading to non-detectable gains in producer surplus. Access to finance had a positive direct effect on business quality and consumer satisfaction, and a negative effect on price, which were not offset by indirect effects, implying net gains in consumer surplus. We document other indirect effects and combine effects in a welfare evaluation.

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      D22 Firm Behavior: Empirical Analysis
      G21 Banks; Depository Institutions; Micro Finance Institutions; Mortgages
      L20 Firm Objectives, Organization, and Behavior: General
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