“…Indeed, extensive investment relies on a steady source of financing, either internal or external (Hou et al, 2015). Not did only the pandemic adversely affect companies' ability to generate revenue, but also "froze" credit markets, making external financing more costly and challenging (Nozawa and Qiu, 2020;De Vito and Gómez, 2020;Sinagl, 2020;Fahlenbrach et al, 2020;Banerjee et al, 2020). The subsequent cash crunch may lead to massive insolvencies (Baldwin and Weder di Mauro, 2020;Benassy-Quere et al, 2013).…”