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This paper examines the relationship between innovation and firms' dependence on external capital by analyzing the innovation activities of privately-held and publicly-traded firms We find that public firms in external finance dependent industries generate patents of higher quantity, quality,...
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Accurate measurement of stock levels, turnover, and profitability in microenterprises in developing countries is difficult due to the fact that the majority of these firms do not keep detailed records. We test the use of RFID tags as a means of objectively measuring stock levels and stock flow...
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We present a dynamic agency model of investment, borrowing and payout decisions by a mature corporation operating in … managerial rents. They under-invest and smooth payout and rents. Debt is the shock-absorber for operating income and investment …
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This paper models the effect of disclosure on real investment. We show that, even if the act of disclosure is costless … cutting investment. Investment depends on asset pricing variables such as investors' liquidity shocks; disclosure depends (non … optimal to induce investment, the manager may be unable to commit to it. If hard information turns out to be good, he will …
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This paper uses a new data-set to examine how internal capital markets and foreign ownership affect investment. Our … data allow us to compare investment behaviour of listed subsidiaries with stand-alone firms while controlling for … investment opportunities of parent and subsidiary firms. We evaluate how the size of ownership and the geographical proximity of …
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Identifying the impacts of liquidity shocks on spending decisions is difficult methodologically but important for theory, practice, and policy. Using seven different methods on microenterprise loan applicants, we find striking results. Borrowers report uses of loan proceeds strategically, and...
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investment goods in developing countries. One implication of our findings is that increased aid flows to developing countries …
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This paper constructs a growth model that is consistent with salient features of the Chinese growth experience since 1992: high output growth, sustained returns on capital investments, extensive reallocation within the manufacturing sector, falling labor share and accumulation of a large foreign...
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frictions using a canonical investment model. We consider two channels by which frictions affect investment: (i) through … frictions, institutions affect investment. We find that improved corporate governance (e.g., less severe informational problems …) and enhanced contractual enforcement reduce financial frictions affecting investment, while stronger creditor rights (e …
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This paper derives a tax-adjusted discount rate formula with a constant proportion leverage policy, investor taxes, and risky debt. The result depends on an assumption about the treatment of tax losses in default. We identify the assumption that justifies the textbook approach of discounting...
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