The paper studies empirically how relative supply and demand conditions on the capital market affected US firm-level investment over the business cycles from 1977 to 2011. A dynamic econometric specification of capital accumulation including sales growth, Tobin's q, the cash flow-capital ratio...

Die Frage, auf welche Weise Wachstumsunternehmen ihren Eigenkapitalbedarf im Zeitablauf optimal decken sollten, wurde in der finanzierungstheoretischen Literatur trotz ihrer hohen praktischen Relevanz bislang weitgehend vernachlässigt. Der Autor befaßt sich mit dem Problem, zu welchen...

The effect of corporate decisions concerning the profit distribution on market value of a company has been addressed by numerous empirical studies. Observations carried out in developed markets show that dividend initiation decisions result in an increase of abnormal returns. The main objective...