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Motivated by ongoing debates on investment-cash flow sensitivity (ICFS) and its documented decline and disappearance in … channels: investment intensity and cash flow persistence. As the share of tangible capital, investment and cash flow … capital, have higher investment rates and more persistent cash flows, their ICFS is more stable. The results support our …
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Over the period 1980-2007 multinational firms' investment grew four times faster than worldwide GDP. Yet the evidence … multinational firms' investment and global diversification have significantly increased over the past three decades …
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This paper presents evidence that subsidiaries of multinational firms have higher valuations than locally matched firms. Using a unique sample of 251 UK multinational firms and 4,676 subsidiaries, the paper finds that multinational firms achieve, on average, an international diversification...
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. Corporate governance and other control mechanisms seem to persuade managers to make better investment decisions …
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We derive and develop a simple and intuitive model that shines fresh light on the relentless debate over whether corporate ownership converges to the Berle-Means modern corporation with high stock ownership dispersion. Our model takes into account the importance of both protective legal...
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In this paper we discuss the continued transition of financial markets towards trade standardization and the clearing of transactions, outlining the role of central clearing counterparties CCPs in reducing systemic and idiosyncratic risk. We contrast this with a discussion on bespoke non-cleared...
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Legal investor protection is associated with how firms choose to issue shares. The likelihood of private placements relative to rights offerings increases with investor protection, as does the likelihood of public offerings relative to both private placements and rights offerings. These findings...
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rates are positively related to investment opportunities, R&D intensity, multinational status, and whether firms are located …
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Using a sample of control cross-border acquisitions from 61 countries from 1990 to 2007, we find that acquirers from countries with better governance gain more from such acquisitions and their gains are higher when targets are from countries with worse governance. Other acquirer country...
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