The International Propagation of Economic Downturns Through Multinational Companies: The Real Economy Channel

Bena is with University of British Columbia, Dinc (i.serdar.dinc@gmail.com) is with Rutgers University, and Erel is with Ohio State University, NBER, and ECGI. We would like to thank Sergey Chernenko, Shan Ge, Iftekhar Hasan, Jose Liberti, Robert McDonald, Rene Stulz, Mike Weisbach, as well as seminar participants at the 12th International Conference in Chile, Australian National University, Carnegie Mellon University, Emory University, Erasmus University, European Finance Association Meetings, Koc University, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Northwestern University, Ohio State University, Texas A & M, Tilburg University, University of Amsterdam, University of Hong Kong, University of Rochester, Triple Crown Conference, University of Washington, Villanova University, and York University for their helpful comments. Authors were Fellows of the National Center for the Middle Market at the Fisher College of Business, Ohio State University, and acknowledge the Center’s financial support for this research. Bena acknowledges financial support from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) of Canada. Ivan Alfaro and Greg Allen provided excellent research assistance. The usual disclaimer applies. The views expressed herein are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Bureau of Economic Research.