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Working paper
Of interest? Estimating the average interest rate on debt across firms and over time
Publisher
Business conditions
Interest rates
Business
New Zealand
Resources
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Description
This study uses tax data from the Longitudinal Business Database to estimate the firm-level average interest rate on liabilities. The mean of this measure has similar time-series properties to official statistics on the business borrowing rate, while also enabling detailed disaggregation across different firm types.
Publication Details
Copyright:
Crown Copyright 2021
Access Rights Type:
open
Series:
Working Paper 21/01
Post date:
13 May 2021
