In this paper we describe a theoretical model of optimal investment of various types of financially constrained firms …. We show that the resulting relationship between internal funds and investment is non-monotonic. In particular, the … magnitude of the cash flow sensitivity of the investment is lower for firms with credit rationing compared to firms that are …

This paper proposes new tests for financing constraints on R&D investment by directly examining the role played by …

French data suggest that (i) increased functional distance induces an increase of the investment cash flow sensitivity … constraints is non linear with an investment-cash flow relationship supposed to be increasing for low levels of operational …

In this paper, we use firm-level survey data to explore the determinants of SME investment activity and the extent to … which observed investment is in line with that suggested by economic fundamentals. In contrast to previous literature which … has focused on whether investment gaps exist at a more aggregate level, we find evidence that for SMEs actual investment …

We study the effects of federal purchases on firm investment using a novel panel dataset that combines federal … firms’ capital investment by 10 to 13 cents. In line with the financial accelerator model, our findings indicate that the …-level analysis suggests that that the increase in investment at the firm level translates into an industry-wide effect without …

We formulate and estimate a structural model of firm investment behavior that specifies the exact channel through which … that both real and financial frictions have an important effect on firm investment dynamics. …

monetary and other shocks. The theory predicts a positive effect of cash flow on investment, given fundamental determinants of … investment. I use an empirical method developed by Gilchrist and Himmelberg (1995, 1999), which has previously only been used to … its investment, controlling for any information in cash flow about investment opportunities. As predicted by the balance …

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 …

We develop a model of investment with financial constraints and use it to investigate the relation between investment … between q and investment, relative to the frictionless benchmark. We present a calibrated version of the model, which, due to … this effect, generates realistic correlations between investment, q, and cash flow. …

Previous studies argued that low investment-cash flow sensitivities of German firms may be caused by dominance of … panel data approach show that the dependence of investment spending on internal funds does not significantly differ between …