Capital Flows with Debt- and Equity-Financed Investment-Equilibrium Structure and Efficiency Implications

This paper distinguishes between debt and equity flows in the presence of information asymmetry between the firm’s “insiders” and “outsiders” in a small open economy. It shows the inadequacy of capital investment because its scope is too narrow and the investment each firm makes is too little. An unconventional policy tool is proposed to correct the market failure: lump-sum subsidies to firms that choose to equity-finance their investments.

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Year of publication:	1998-11-01
Authors:	Razin, Assaf ; Yuen, Chi-Wa ; Sadka, Efraim
Institutions:	International Monetary Fund (IMF)

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Extent:	application/pdf
Series:	IMF Working Papers.
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Notes:	The text is part of a series IMF Working Papers Number 98/159 2 pages long
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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