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This paper presents a tractable model of a firm that chooses both the scale and timing of its investment. The value-maximizing investment policy is lumpy, and sensitivity analysis shows that greater demand volatility is associated with the firm choosing to invest in larger increments, less...
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We show how directors can set the strength of a firm's anti-takeover provisions in order to influence the investment-timing decision of a future empire-building CEO. The prospect of future hostile takeover attempts, which terminate the CEO's control benefits if successful, affects the CEO's...
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This paper analyzes the behavior of a firm that chooses both the scale and timing of its investment. Sensitivity analysis shows that greater demand volatility is associated with the firm investing in larger increments, less frequently. This is in contrast to the conventional wisdom, which is...
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