This paper examines the effect of debt and liquidity on corporate investment in a continuous-time framework. We show that stockholder-bondholder agency conflicts cause investment thresholds to be U-shaped in leverage and decreasing in liquidity. In the absence of tax effects, we derive the...

Wie lässt sich der Einfluss der Bestände an liquiden Mitteln eines Unternehmens auf seine Investitionsentscheidungen theoretisch erklären? Während im Idealfall in der Theorie keine Abhängigkeit besteht, ist diese in der Praxis aufgrund von allgegenwärtigen Friktionen sehr relevant. Stefan...

Investment-Timing in einer vollkommenen Welt -- Ökonomische Fundierung von Emissionskosten -- Investment-Timing bei Finanzierungsbeschränkungen -- Investment-Timing bei Interessenkonflikten -- Schlussbetrachtung und Ausblick.

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We analyze how the liquidity of real and financial assets affects corporate investment. The trade-off between liquidation costs and underinvestment costs implies that low-liquidity firms exhibit negative investment sensitivities to liquid funds, whereas high-liquidity firms have positive...

Using an analytically tractable two-period model of a financially constrained firm, we derive an investment threshold that is U-shaped in cash holdings. We show analytically the relevant trade-offs leading to the U-shape: the firm balances financing costs for present and future investment,...

I analyze the market for credit ratings with competition between more than two rating agencies. How can honest rating behavior be achieved, and under which conditions can a new honest rating agency successfully invade a market with inflating incumbents? My model predicts cyclic dynamics if...