We develop a model of investment with financial constraints and use it to investigate the relation between investment … between q and investment, relative to the frictionless benchmark. We present a calibrated version of the model, which, due to … this effect, generates realistic correlations between investment, q, and cash flow …

research that uses cross-sectional differences in firm behavior to test for financing constraints on investment. This reply … of internal finance. Second, the KZ regression results (lower sensitivity of investment to cash flow for firms classified …

We provide new evidence on how monetary policy affects investment and firm finance in the United States and the United … conditioning on size, asset growth, Tobin's Q, leverage or liquidity - and drive the response of aggregate investment. Older … and financial frictions in amplifying the effects of monetary policy on investment …

1978-89. These datasets are used to estimate a range of empirical investment equations, and to investigate the role played … the suggestion that financial constraints on investment may be relatively severe in the more market-oriented UK financial …

This paper examines the importance of financial constraints for firm investment expenditures by looking at the … relationship between investment expenditures and proceeds from voluntary asset sales in financially healthy US manufacturing … companies. Specifically, we examine whether asset sales have a greater influence on investment expenditures for firms that are …

We quantify the role of financial leverage behind the sluggish post-crisis investment performance of European firms. We … investment more after the crisis. This negative effect is stronger for firms holding short-term debt in countries with sovereign … stress, consistent with rollover risk being an important channel influencing investment. The negative effect of firm leverage …