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Using the counter-cyclical reaction of government-owned banks in Brazil after Lehman's failure as a policy experiment, we show that credit shocks originated in bank-firm relationships are transmitted throughout the network of suppliers and customers, with measurable consequences for firms' real outcomes and survival probability. A firm with direct and indirect access to government credit (through its customers or suppliers) observed a 12.5% greater survival probability, vis-`a-vis 4% when the firm has only direct access. Critically, we uncover drawbacks of these interventions, including a persistent increased concentration in the market power of firms that benefited from government liquidity. Chapter 2: Stock Volatility and the Great Depression Stock return volatility during the Great Depression has been labeled a ``volatility puzzle'' because the standard deviation of stock returns was 2 to 3 times higher than any other period in American history. We investigate this puzzle using a new series of building permits and leverage. Our results suggest that volatility in building permit growth and financial leverage largely explain the high level of stock volatility during the Great Depression. Markets factored in the possibility of a forthcoming economic disaster. Chapter 3: Exporting Uncertainty: The Impact of the Brexit Vote on US Corporations Building on a real-options model of firm responses to uncertainty, we show that the 2016 Brexit Referendum had measurable consequences for US corporations, with effects on decisions regarding investment, divestitures, employment, R&D, and savings. The effects we identify are short-lived and modulated by the degree of reversibility of capital and labor. UK-exposed firms with less redeployable capital and high input-offshoring dependence cut investment the most. Employment cuts are observed inside US borders, particularly in industries with more unionized workers. 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Using the counter-cyclical reaction of government-owned banks in Brazil after Lehman's failure as a policy experiment, we show that credit shocks originated in bank-firm relationships are transmitted throughout the network of suppliers and customers, with measurable consequences for firms' real outcomes and survival probability. A firm with direct and indirect access to government credit (through its customers or suppliers) observed a 12.5% greater survival probability, vis-`a-vis 4% when the firm has only direct access. Critically, we uncover drawbacks of these interventions, including a persistent increased concentration in the market power of firms that benefited from government liquidity. Chapter 2: Stock Volatility and the Great Depression Stock return volatility during the Great Depression has been labeled a ``volatility puzzle'' because the standard deviation of stock returns was 2 to 3 times higher than any other period in American history. We investigate this puzzle using a new series of building permits and leverage. Our results suggest that volatility in building permit growth and financial leverage largely explain the high level of stock volatility during the Great Depression. Markets factored in the possibility of a forthcoming economic disaster. Chapter 3: Exporting Uncertainty: The Impact of the Brexit Vote on US Corporations Building on a real-options model of firm responses to uncertainty, we show that the 2016 Brexit Referendum had measurable consequences for US corporations, with effects on decisions regarding investment, divestitures, employment, R&D, and savings. The effects we identify are short-lived and modulated by the degree of reversibility of capital and labor. UK-exposed firms with less redeployable capital and high input-offshoring dependence cut investment the most. Employment cuts are observed inside US borders, particularly in industries with more unionized workers. Job posting data point to a shift from full- to part-time positions in firms most exposed to the UK. 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