This paper investigates the impact of unconventional monetary policy on firm financing constraints. It focuses on the Federal Reserve's maturity extension program (MEP), which was intended to lower longer-term rates and flatten the yield curve by reducing the supply of long-term government debt....

This paper investigates the impact of unconventional monetary policy on firm financing constraints. It focuses on the Federal Reserve's maturity extension program (MEP), which was intended to lower longer-term rates and flatten the yield curve by reducing the supply of long-term government debt....