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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012820828
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013299801
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014491718
This paper examines the effect of the global financial crisis on corporate investment in Korea. Specifically, the … crisis was considered to have possibly constrained firm-level investment as the negative shock to the credit supply …, larger cash holdings before the crisis will lead to fewer constraints to corporate investment, or vice versa. In order to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012993904
financially turbulent periods in the 2000s in making investment decisions and in meeting demand for liquidity. A rise in … uncertainty regarding the ability to obtain external funds may have induced firms to rely on internal funds to finance investment … activities. Therefore, we shed light on the cash flow sensitivity of investment and cash holdings by estimating firm- level …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009734202
highlights future investment and financing challenges, especially for road transport. The methodology piloted in this study can …
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This paper investigates the link between corporate debt and investment for a group of five peripheral euro area … countries. Using firm-level data from 2005-2014, we postulate a non-linear corporate leverage-investment relationship and derive … thresholds beyond which leverage has a negative and significant impact on investment. The investment sensitivity of debt …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011719911
This paper analyses the implications of corporate indebtedness for investment following large economic shocks. The … suggest that investment of high-debt firms is significantly depressed for an extended period in the aftermath of economic …% higher than that of firms with lower debt burdens. The negative impact of high debt on investment is most evident for firms …
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Empirical evidence suggests that capital structure varies across firms facing different levels of information asymmetry, however, this evidence contradict the prediction of pecking order hypothesis. Although debt capacity constraints offer some explanation for this discrepancy, it fails to...
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We investigate the cost of capital in a model with an agency conflict between inside managers and outside shareholders. Inside ownership reflects the classic tradeoff between incentives and risk diversification, and the severity of agency costs depends on a parameter representing investor...
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