We develop an integrated theory of investment, seasoned equity offerings (SEOs), liquidation, and corporate savings … payout policies. Facing costly external financing, the firm prefers to fund its investment internally, so that its optimal … substantial delay in investment; (4) A financially constrained firm over-invests in early stages of its life-cycle in an effort to …

We study the impact of stochastic interest rates and capital illiquidity on investment and firm value by incorporating … quantitative effects of the stochastic interest rates and capital illiquidity on investment, Tobin's average q, the duration and …

, consumption/savings, and portfolio selection. For a lump-sum investment payoff and an agent with a sufficiently strong … precautionary savings motive, an increase in volatility can accelerate investment, contrary to the standard real options analysis …. When the agent can trade the market portfolio to partially hedge against investment risk, the systematic volatility is …

We study how investors' preferences for robustness influence corporate investment, financing, and compensation … ambiguity aversion lowers Tobin's q; the average investment, and investment volatility. The entrepreneur values the project at …