The Zombification of the Economy? Assessing the Effectiveness of French Government Support During COVID-19 Lockdown
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15 juillet 2022
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Covid-19 zombie firms job-retention schemes microsimulation policy evaluation H - Public Economics/H.H1 - Structure and Scope of Government/H.H1.H12 - Crisis Management H - Public Economics/H.H3 - Fiscal Policies and Behavior of Economic Agents/H.H3.H32 - Firm J - Labor and Demographic Economics/J.J3 - Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs/J.J3.J38 - Public Policy G - Financial Economics/G.G3 - Corporate Finance and Governance/G.G3.G33 - Bankruptcy • Liquidation L - Industrial Organization/L.L2 - Firm Objectives, Organization, and Behavior/L.L2.L20 - General -fin]Sujets proches
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This paper evaluates the risk of zombification of the French economy during the sanitary crisis, as a result of the unconditional financial support provided to firms by public authorities. We develop a simple theoretical framework based on a partialequilibrium model to simulate the liquidity and solvency stress faced by a large panel of French firms and assess the impact of government support measures. Simulation results suggest that those policies helped healthy but illiquid firms to withstand the shock caused by the pandemic. Moreover, the analysis finds no evidence of a “zombification effect”, as government support has not disproportionately benefited less productive companies.