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We present evidence that referenda have a significant, detrimental outcome on investment. Employing an unsupervised … policy-related uncertainty. Examining the relationship of these indices with investment on a longitudinal panel of 3 … uncertainty to investment. Our preferred specification suggests that a one standard-deviation increase in Brexit uncertainty …
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level investment sensitivity to cash flow is used to identify financing constraints. We find that the sensitivities are … importantly, the cash flow sensitivity of investment is lower in countries with better-developed financial markets. This suggests …
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We assess the impact of credit constraints on investment, inventories and other working capital and firm growth with a …, as firms with poor investment and growth opportunities may have a higher probability of being credit constrained. We … implement several strategies to overcome this obstacle: proxies for investment opportunities, lagged regressors, random effects …
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We use the recent financial crisis period to analyse the effect of bank credit tightening on real firm investment. We …, investment falls substantially more in bank-dependent industries …
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firm level investment and high-frequency identified monetary policy shocks. We show that the reaction of firms' investment …
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This paper investigates the link between corporate debt and investment for a group of five peripheral euro area … countries. Using firm-level data from 2005-2014, we postulate a non-linear corporate leverage-investment relationship and derive … thresholds beyond which leverage has a negative and significant impact on investment. The investment sensitivity of debt …
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This paper analyses the implications of corporate indebtedness for investment following large economic shocks. The … suggest that investment of high-debt firms is significantly depressed for an extended period in the aftermath of economic …% higher than that of firms with lower debt burdens. The negative impact of high debt on investment is most evident for firms …
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This paper investigates the link between corporate debt and investment for a group of five peripheral euro area … countries. Using firm-level data from 2005-2014, we postulate a non-linear corporate leverage-investment relationship and derive … thresholds beyond which leverage has a negative and significant impact on investment. The investment sensitivity of debt …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011804416
This paper analyses the implications of corporate indebtedness for investment following large economic shocks. The … suggest that investment of high-debt firms is significantly depressed for an extended period in the aftermath of economic …% higher than that of firms with lower debt burdens. The negative impact of high debt on investment is most evident for firms …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014374338
their investment more after the crisis. This negative effect is stronger for firms linked to weak banks with exposures to … corporate investment …
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