In this study, we analyse the effect of financial uncertainty on corporate investment using firm-level panel data from … the Republic of Korea. We find that financial uncertainty has a significant negative effect on corporate investment, and … constraints and investment irreversibility amplify the negative effect of uncertainty. The inverted U-shaped curve of the …

In this paper, we analyze the effect of financial uncertainty on corporate investment using firm-level panel data from … the Republic of Korea. We find that financial uncertainty has a significant negative effect on corporate investment, and … investment irreversibility amplify the negative effect of uncertainty. The inverted U-shaped curve of the uncertainty effect …

Investment characteristics and the form of external financing are linked. Factor analysis indicates that the principal … determinant of the financing choice is whether an investment's payoffs can be described as a hit or miss. Hit-or-miss investments … are more likely to be equity financed. Equity also becomes more common the longer the time until an investment produces …

The purpose of this work is to verify the existence of financial constraints for investment in Brazil, an emerging … market with growing international visibility. Using panel data methodology and GMM, we estimate dynamic investment models …-2006. Our findings show that Brazilian firms face financial constraints since their investment depend on internally generated …

This study investigates whether economic policy uncertainty (EPU) magnifies peer effects in corporate investment in …' investment activities, we show that peer effects are stronger when EPU is higher. We also find that greater EPU lowers the …

investor “rationality,” the relation must be “explained” by a risk (factor) model. The investment approach questions the … approximations of firm-level investment returns. The evidence that characteristics dominate covariances in horse races does not …” expected returns; the investment approach is no more and no less “causal” than the consumption approach in “explaining …

investor “rationality,” the relation must be “explained” by a risk (factor) model. The investment approach questions the … approximations of firm-level investment returns. The evidence that characteristics dominate covariances in horse races does not …” expected returns; the investment approach is no more and no less “causal” than the consumption approach in “explaining …

Development economists have enjoined Africans to leverage on remittance as their main source of investment financing …'s remittance and investment financing and the modulating effect of the investment climate in this relation on a panel of 28 sub … following empirical findings were established. First, the theoretical supposition underpinning the assumption in investment …

This paper investigates corporate fixed investment in Hungary between 2001 and 2014 using firm-level data. We analyse … the composition, heterogeneity and the drivers of corporate investment. Investments in Hungary are highly concentrated and … before the crisis: the investment rate was stagnant and investment activity declined. However, the performance of firms was …

We document that 20% of Compustat firms have above-median investment rates despite having below-median marginal product … features of the cross-section of firms and allows for counterfactual analysis. Hypothetical firm investment policies that … ignore the potential for future jumps reduce MPK and investment dispersion but also lower aggregate productivity …