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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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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013136994
setting using investment level data. We find allocative inefficiency across ownership to be exacerbated under policy … more capital in certain markets even after returns on investment are dampened by negative policy shocks, suggesting that …
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We study the relationship between corporate debt, corporate risk and firm-level investment, using a sample of 25 …,000 listed companies across 47 countries over the last two decades. We find higher leverage reduces investment but show the … leverage observed during the last decade and as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic, physical investment is expected to remain at …
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This paper investigates changes in the speed of adjustment toward target leverage ratio under the impact of COVID-19 economic crisis. Using an international sample of publicly listed firms, we find that, on average, firms tend to adjust their capital structure more rapidly in the period...
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highlights future investment and financing challenges, especially for road transport. The methodology piloted in this study can …
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credit ratings channel. Specifically, we find that firms reduce their investment and reliance on credit markets due to a …
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capital, financing, and investment plans. We study whether firms faced with MCs use both non-cash (NEM) and cash generating … external funding and investment. Our findings suggest that MC firms use CEM because it directly generates cash to fund MCs …
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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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