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We develop a structural model to quantitatively analyze the effects of asymmetric beliefs and agency conflicts on capital structure. Capital structure reflects the dynamic tradeoff between the positive incentive effects of managerial optimism and the negative effects of risk-sharing costs....
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We study the role of peer effects in capital structure decisions by exploiting the heterogeneous and intransitive nature of product market networks combined with spatial econometric techniques that account for these features. In contrast to prior work, this approach allows us to provide...
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De- and re-levering betas is important to obtain discount rates for assets that are not publicly traded. A de- and re-levering procedure is around for the case of risk-free debt. The procedure for risky debt is much less clear even under very simplifying assumptions. In this paper, I concretize...
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are more persistent to preserve debt capacity needed to fund investment. The model also provides rationale why the …
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We develop a theory of optimal financing for R&D-intensive firms. With only market financing, the firm relies …
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This paper investigates the impact of firm leverage on its investment activities. Especially, the research is conducted … between corporate leverage and investment. Regarding methodology, we build the two main types of econometric models … hierarchy on firm investment that the traditional regression model may fail to achieve. We construct three-level predictors …
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This paper examines the dynamic relationship between firm leverage and risktaking. We embed the traditional agency problem of asset substitution within a multi-period model, revealing a U-shaped relationship between leverage and risktaking, evident in data from both the U.S. and Europe. Firms...
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discounting procedure leading to the growth formula is non-trivial. Since innumerable investment policies are conceivable besides … original Modigliani and Miller model. By doing so, the model becomes a challenger of current DCF theory …
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ratio of non-financial firms after 2008. We study the effects of this policy on the firms' investment decisions and the … generates a severe debt-overhang problem. We show that the swap can reduce leverage, promote investment and lower the agency …
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Textbook theory assumes that firm managers maximize the net present value of future cash flows. But when you ask them …
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