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frictions are costly equity issuance and incomplete markets. We show that the marginal source of external financing on an on …
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We develop a dynamic model of platform economy where tokens derive value by facilitating transactions among users and the platform conducts optimal token-supply policy. Token supply increases when new tokens are issued to finance platform growth and to reward platform owners. Token supply...
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Data on firm-loan-level daily credit line drawdowns in the United States expose a corporate "dash for cash" induced by the COVID-19 pandemic. In the first phase of the crisis, which was characterized by extreme precaution and heightened aggregate risk, all firms drew down bank credit lines and...
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We argue that a firm's aggregate risk is a key determinant of whether it manages its future liquidity needs through cash reserves or bank lines of credit. Banks create liquidity for firms by pooling their idiosyncratic risks. As a result, firms with high aggregate risk find it costly to get...
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consumption, portfolio allocation, financing, investment, and business exit decisions. The optimal capital structure is determined …
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investment and financing decisions. In our model, corporate risk management involves internal liquidity management, financial … external cost of financing; 3) the firm's liquidation value; 4) the opportunity cost of holding cash; 5) investment adjustment …
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We develop a model of investment timing under uncertainty for a financially constrained firm. Facing external financing …
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This paper examines the relationship between innovation and firms' dependence on external capital by analyzing the innovation activities of privately-held and publicly-traded firms. We find that public firms in external finance dependent industries generate patents of higher quantity, quality,...
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Intuition suggests that firms with higher cash holdings are safer and should have lower credit spreads. Yet empirically, the correlation between cash and spreads is robustly positive and higher for lower credit ratings. This puzzling finding can be explained by the precautionary motive for...
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Firms face uncertain financing conditions and are exposed to the risk of a sudden rise in financing costs during … issuance, risk management, and payout policies) for a financially constrained firm facing time-varying external financing costs … financing opportunities also induce firms to rationally time the equity market, even if they have no immediate needs for cash …
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