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What Do State-Owned Development Banks Do? Evidence from BNDES, 2002-09. Aldo Musacchio, February 2015, Paper. "Defendants of state-owned development banks emphasize their role in reducing capital constraints and fostering productive investment; detractors point out that they may benefit politically connected capitalists or bail out inefficient firms. We study the effect of loans and equity investments of the Brazilian National Development Bank (BNDES) and find that they do not have any consistent effect on firm-level performance and investment, except for a reduction in..." May require purchase or user account. Link