Motivated by the literature on the finance – growth nexus, this paper explores the mechanisms through which finance affects corporate investments and capital accumulation. We separate the effects of financial conditions from those of financial development. Based on a sample of firms from five...

Liquidity commonality is defined as liquidity co-movements across assets or markets. In the current literature, it is measured relative to a single factor, i.e., the average liquidity across assets or markets. However, liquidity co-movements may not be fully captured by this single factor. Other...