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Jofre-Bonet, Mireia - 2001

This paper proposes an estimation method for a repeated auction game under the presence of capacity contraints. The estimation strategy is computationally simple as it does not require solving for the equilibrium of the game. It uses a two stage approach. In the first stage the distribution of...

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Individuals and Organizations as Sources of State Effectiveness, and Consequences for Policy

Best, Michael Carlos - 2017

How much of the variation in state effectiveness is due to the individuals and organizations responsible for implementing policy? We investigate this question and its implications for policy design in the context of public procurement, using a text-based product classification method to measure...

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The Impact of City Contracting Set-Asides on Black Self-Employment and Employment

Chatterji, Aaron K. - 2013

In the 1980s, many U.S. cities initiated programs reserving a proportion of government contracts for minority-owned businesses. The staggered introduction of these set-aside programs is used to estimate their impacts on the self-employment and employment rates of African-American men. Black...

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Financial Dependence and Innovation : The Case of Public versus Private Firms

Acharya, Viral V. - 2013

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 … in internal finance dependent industries do not have a significantly better innovation profile than matched private firms …

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R&D and the Incentives from Merger and Acquisition Activity

Phillips, Gordon M. - 2012

. Large firms may find it disadvantageous to engage in an "R&D race" with small firms, as they can obtain access to innovation …

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Investment, Finacial Factors and Cash Flow : Evidence From UK Panel Data

Devereux, Michael - 1989

In this paper we provide some econometric evidence on the impact of financial factors like cash flow, debt and stock measures of liquidity on the investment decisions of U. K. firms. These variables are introduced via an extension of the Q model of investment which explicitly includes...

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Financing Constraints and Corporate Investment

Fazzari, Steven - 1987

Most empirical models of investment rely on the assumption that firms are able to respond to prices set in centralized securities markets (through the "cost of capital" or "q"). An alternative approach emphasizes the importance of cash flow as a determinant of investment spending, because of a...

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Taxes, Firm Financial Policy and the Cost of Capital : An Empirical Analysis

Auerbach, Alan J. - 1982

This paper develops a theoretical model of firm behavior consistent with the maximization of shareholder utility, and derives empirically testable implications of different theories of equity finance. Using data on firm earnings and previous investment and financial behavior, we assess whether...

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Why Does Capital No Longer Flow More to the Industries with the Best Growth Opportunities?

Lee, Dong - 2016

With functionally efficient capital markets, we expect capital to flow more to the industries with the best growth opportunities. As a result, these industries should invest more and see their assets grow more relative to industries with the worst growth opportunities. We find that industries...

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Ambiguity and the Tradeoff Theory of Capital Structure

Izhakian, Yehuda - 2016

We examine the importance of ambiguity, or Knightian uncertainty, in the capital structure decision. We develop a static tradeoff theory model in which agents are both risk averse and ambiguity averse. The model confirms the usual idea that increased risk--the uncertainty over known possible...

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