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This Paper reports a new test of capital structure theories. It uses a filtering technique to identify large investment spikes. We find that the spikes are predominantly financed with debt by large firms and by new equity by small loss-making firms. In the process, firms move significantly away...
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We model technological and financial innovation as reflecting the decisions of profit maximizing agents and explore the … also engage in the costly, risky, and potentially profitable process of innovation: Financiers can invent more effective …. Consequently, technological innovation and, thus, economic growth stop unless financiers continually innovate. Historical …
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environmental regulations can spur more rapid innovation. I present a general framework for the analysis of these questions. I …
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sectors (inter-sectoral spillovers), or at the international level. We find that innovation is strongly driven by knowledge … spillovers, especially those occurring at the national level. Wind and solar technologies exhibit distinct innovation … only influential in the case of wind technology. We also find evidence that public R&D stimulates innovation, particularly …
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more important for small-firm innovation than for their larger counterparts. …
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We analyze the optimal debt structure of multinational corporations choosing between centralized or decentralized borrowing. We identify how this choice is affected by creditor rights and bankruptcy costs, taking into account managerial incentives and coinsurance considerations. We find that...
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strongest implication of this theory of capital structure evolution is that optimal capital structure is essentially dynamic … prices are low. The theory explains many stylized facts that fly in the face of existing capital structure theories and also … generates new testable predictions. Moreover, the theory can rationalize the use of debt in the absence of taxes, agency costs …
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We present a model where arbitrageurs operate on an asset market that can be hit by information shocks. Before entering the market, arbitrageurs are allowed to optimize their capital structure, in order to take advantage of potential underpricing. We find that, at equilibrium, some arbitrageurs...
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This Paper analyses the effect of dynamic capital structure adjustments on credit risk. Firms may optimally adjust their leverage in response to stochastic changes in firm value. It is shown that capital structure dynamics lower optimal initial leverage ratios but increase both fair credit...
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We examine the risk-return characteristics of a rolling portfolio investment strategy where more than six thousand Nasdaq initial public offering (IPO) stocks are bought and held for up to five years. The average long-run portfolio return is low, but IPO stocks appear as ‘longshots’, as...
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