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This paper proposes a new regulatory approach that implements capital requirements contingent on managerial compensation. We argue that excessive risk taking in the financial sector originates from the shareholder moral hazard created by government guarantees rather than from corporate...
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This paper explains the emergence of liquidity traps in the aftermath of large-scale financial crises, as happened in the US 1930s, Japan 1990s and recently in the US and Europe. The paper introduces a new balance sheet channel that links equity capital to the risk-free interest rate. When...
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The aim of this paper is to analyse the influence of financial system liquidity and corporate leverage on a firm …'s overinvestment. We posit that when external funds are easily available, as in expansionary monetary periods, debt loses its … traditional role as a managerial control mechanism. Instead, the supply of systemic liquidity results in corporate leverage …
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other multinational firms. Conclusions / findings: Liquidity measures concentrate on cash ratios, working capital ratios and … in specific the cash conversion cycle (CCC). It appears to matter whether a company is production driven or sales driven …
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The total output of an economy usually follows cyclical movements which are accompanied by similar movements in stock prices. The common explanation relies on the demand side. It points out that stock market wealth drives consumption which triggers production afterward. This paper focuses on...
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This paper aims to contribute to the body of empirical studies that address the importance of investments in companies' relationships and the way in which they influence value creation in the global economic crisis. We employ linear panel analysis using the Hausman-Taylor model to analyse panel...
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The total output of an economy usually follows cyclical movements which are accompanied by similar movements in stock prices. The common explanation relies on the demand side. It points out that stock market wealth drives consumption which triggers production afterwards. This paper focuses on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013024310
Using a large dataset of Greek firms over the period 1998-2014, we investigate the excess sensitivity of small and young firms to the Greek financial crisis, along with the potential sources and aggregate implications. Controlling for size effects, the decline in sales growth rate during the...
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