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We document that intangible investment responds less to monetary policy compared to tangible investment. Likewise …, monetary policy has a smaller effect on the total investment and stock prices of firms with more intangible assets. This novel …
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accelerator specification of investment demand augmented by the liquidity ratio and a firm specific user cost of capital. The … significant for young firms due mainly to the fact that young firms rely more heavily on sales to increase investment. In general … it is found that firms can reduce the sensivity of investment to their liquidity position by building lending …
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We offer evidence of a new stylized feature of corporate financing decisions: the tendency of managers to rely more on debt financing when earnings prospects are poor. We term this 'leaning against the wind' and consider three possible explanations: market timing, precautionary financing, and...
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Financial covenants influence firm behavior by state-contingently allocating decision rights. I develop a quantitative model with long-term debt where shareholders cannot commit to not dilute existing lenders with new debt issuances and risky investments. Lenders intervene upon covenant...
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more constrained relative to their investment needs, do not provide additional liquidity to their suppliers, and increase …
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's investment sensitivity to interest rate risk: firms with higher loan share reduce investment more aggressively when interest rate …
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We offer evidence of a new stylized feature of corporate financing decisions: the tendency of managers to rely more on debt financing when earnings prospects are poor. We term this 'leaning against the wind' and consider three possible explanations: market timing, precautionary financing, and...
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We investigate how the level of corporate leverage affects firms' investment response to monetary policy shocks. Based … investment demand more strongly after a contractionary shock, the price of capital declines sharply, which incentivizes all firms … regardless of their leverage to invest relatively more, muting the aggregate decline of investment. We provide empirical evidence …
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