01740cas a2200241 a 4500 AALejournalIMF001627 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 5.00 USD 9781451853865 1018-5941 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL Davis, E. Multiple Avenues of Intermediation, Corporate Finance and Financial Stability / E. Davis. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2001. 1 online resource (52 pages) IMF Working Papers <strong>Off-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required <strong>On-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required Electronic access restricted to authorized BRAC University faculty, staff and students Using data from the US, UK, Japan and Canada, this paper provides evidence on the benefits to an economy from "multiple avenues of intermediation". The overall conclusion is that the existence of active securities markets alongside banks is indeed beneficial to the stability of corporate financing, both during cyclical downturns and during banking and securities market crises. The benefit from multiple avenues are greater, the more comparable the size of securities market and intermediated financing, as well as the larger the proportion of companies able to access both loan and securities markets. The analysis raises a number of policy issues and research topics for further investigation. Mode of access: Internet IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2001/115 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/001/2001/115/001.2001.issue-115-en.xml IMF e-Library