The results above indicate that auto owners do see a drop in the value of their vehicles when those vehicles' manufacturers are in financial distress. In this section, we do some simple calculations to gauge what our estimates imply about the indirect costs of financial distress and the choice of capital structure for car manufacturers.
To approximate the drop in demand for new cars from our used car estimates above, we conservatively assume that the valuation hit taken by new cars is the same as the estimated drop in the valuation of an (almost-new) used car under full warranty. (This essentially assumes away any “drive off the lot” depreciation that might reduce the size of the effect on used cars.) The estimated drop in valuation for a used car with a full factory warranty remaining is in Table 8, Column (2): every 1,000-basis-point increase in the manufacturer's CDS spread leads to a $139 loss in value. For simplicity, and because it is a reasonable approximation to reality, we assume that manufacturers' short-run supply curves are inelastic, so this $139 drop in value is reflected completely in reduced sales prices rather than fewer sales, which would dampen the effect.
The results above indicate that auto owners do see a drop in the value of their vehicles when those vehicles' manufacturers are in financial distress. In this section, we do some simple calculations to gauge what our estimates imply about the indirect costs of financial distress and the choice of capital structure for car manufacturers.
To approximate the drop in demand for new cars from our used car estimates above, we conservatively assume that the valuation hit taken by new cars is the same as the estimated drop in the valuation of an (almost-new) used car under full warranty. (This essentially assumes away any “drive off the lot” depreciation that might reduce the size of the effect on used cars.) The estimated drop in valuation for a used car with a full factory warranty remaining is in Table 8, Column (2): every 1,000-basis-point increase in the manufacturer's CDS spread leads to a $139 loss in value. For simplicity, and because it is a reasonable approximation to reality, we assume that manufacturers' short-run supply curves are inelastic, so this $139 drop in value is reflected completely in reduced sales prices rather than fewer sales, which would dampen the effect.
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