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emerging markets. The paper measures the risk of short-term exposure by estimating, at the firm level, the effect on investment … not find that this reduction in net worth translates into a drop in investment. …
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emerging markets. The paper measures the risk of short-term exposure by estimating, at the firm level, the effect on investment … not find that this reduction in net worth translates into a drop in investment. -- maturity mismatch ; investment …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003141255
We examine whether capital flows more to high Tobin's q industries and find that it flows more to high q industries from 1971 until 1996 but not from 1997 to 2014. This change is due to a decrease in the q-sensitivity of equity funding resulting mostly from the increased q-sensitivity of...
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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This article tests the hypothesis that financial supply-side shifts help to explain the low-investment climate of …
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rents than for investment opportunities have become more important within industries. For these firms, repurchases increase …
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With functionally efficient capital markets, we expect capital to flow more to the industries with the best growth opportunities. As a result, these industries should invest more and see their assets grow more relative to industries with the worst growth opportunities. We find that industries...
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Using firm-level data for 18 major global economies, we find that the exchange rate affects corpo-rate investment … through a financial channel: exchange rate depreciation dampens corporate invest-ment through firm leverage and FX debt. These … findings are consistent with the predictions of a stylised model of credit risk in which exchange rates can affect investment …
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