An underinvestment problem arises if an additional investment project with positive net presentvalue increases only the market value of debt, but not of equity. As a way out the shift ofthe additional investment project and possibly also other projects to a subsidiary is considered.From the...

This contribution discusses a number of ideas for using a shareholder value approach to the problems of risk-adjusted performance measurement and the issue of capital allocation. We demonstrate that, if shareholder value is to be consistently maximised, then not only the total amount of equity...

Diese Diskussionsarbeit stellt einen wichtigen Baustein zu einer geplanten Monographie über die Theorie der DCF-Verfahren dar. Es gibt viele Veröffentlichungen zu diesem Thema, die nach Ansicht der Verfasser ein Problem aufweisen: sie fußen nicht auf einem stringenten Konzept des Begriffes...

Our research tests the difference in investment efficiency between state-owned enterprises (SOEs) and private firms and then evaluates the effect of privatisation and equitisation policies on the investment efficiency of former state owned enterprises (SOEs). We use a novel dataset from Viet Nam...

Die Energiewende verläuft langsamer als geplant. Offensichtlich bleiben private Investoren zurückhaltend, obwohl das Zinsniveau niedrig ist, politische Zugeständnisse bei der Risikoverteilung gemacht wurden und erhebliche Fördersummen insbesondere über das Erneuerbare-Energien-Gesetz...

Using investors' trading horizons to capture their incentives to collect information and monitor management's decisions, this paper shows that an increase in the ownership stake held by long-term institutional investors is associated with a subsequent decrease in real investment precisely in...

This paper presents evidence about how research and development (R&D) expenditures affect corporate cash holdings in European country groups that differ in their innovation capacity. In theory, one can expect intangible investments such as R&D to result in higher cash stocks than fixed...

I study the optimal choice of projects in a continuous-time moral hazard model with multitasking. I characterize the distortions caused by moral hazard and the dynamics of the firm's project choice. Both overinvestment and underinvestment relative to an NPV criterion can occur on the path of the...

In the work, the subject of the discount rate assessment is presented. It is crucial as regards assessing the non-financial investment profitability. The discount rate is usually considered as constant one in the whole investment period, which seems to be the main problem. The constant discount...

We examine the incentive effects of private equity (PE) professionals' ownership in the funds they manage. In a simple model, we show that managers select less risky firms and use more debt financing the higher their ownership. We test these predictions for a sample of PE funds in Norway, where...