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 …

and corporate investment. In line with theoretical predictions that credit lines aid firms to invest during times of … investment, this effect was mitigated somewhat by credit line usage. We also find that in contrast to non-crisis times, during …

Using Swedish bank lending data, investment data and accounting data, I examine how the financial crisis affected … corporate investment through its effect on credit availability. Sensitivity to a credit supply shock is measured as credit … reserves, defined as unused credit on lines of credit. I find that firms with low credit reserves reduced investment …

Firm-level investment paths are commonly characterised by periods of low or zero investment punctuated by large … investment ‘spikes’. We document that such spikes are important for understanding firm and aggregate level investment in the UK …. We show that annual variation in aggregate investment is driven by variation in the number of firms undertaking investment …

investor “rationality,” the relation must be “explained” by a risk (factor) model. The investment approach questions the … approximations of firm-level investment returns. The evidence that characteristics dominate covariances in horse races does not …” expected returns; the investment approach is no more and no less “causal” than the consumption approach in “explaining …

investor “rationality,” the relation must be “explained” by a risk (factor) model. The investment approach questions the … approximations of firm-level investment returns. The evidence that characteristics dominate covariances in horse races does not …” expected returns; the investment approach is no more and no less “causal” than the consumption approach in “explaining …

We examine the relationship between real exchange rate fluctuations and firm-level investment and growth using data for … real depreciations boost profits, investment, and asset growth of tradable sector firms that have higher labor shares and … depreciations boost profits by reducing real product wages, spurring investment of labor-intensive but financially-constrained firms …

between routine and "investment spike" financing. This study documents significant heterogeneity in investment spike financing …, particularly by firm size. Further, when spike size or pre-investment leverage is larger, unlike large firms, small firms issue … less equity. These results suggest that small firms' financing patterns around investment spikes are consistent with the …

Recent literature has shown that corporate indebtedness affects firm-level investment behavior but not necessarily … substitute depressed investment by their financially constrained competitors. The increase in investment, primarily driven by … equilibrium effects are unambiguously countercyclical because the increase in investment by unconstrained firms does not crowd out …

We investigate how idiosyncratic lender shocks impact corporate investment. Lenders with recent default experience … write stricter loan contracts, leading to a reduction in real investment for borrowing firms. The decline in investment is … evidence suggests that defaults inform lenders about investment opportunities and their screening ability, and adjustments to …