We employ a Bayesian estimation technique to construct firm-varying investment-cash flow sensitivities (ICFS) for a sample of 90 Spanish listed firms over a 10-year period (1999-2008). Then we analyze which variables are associated with the firm-level ICFS-estimates both univariately and...

The purpose of this work is to verify the existence of financial constraints for investment in Brazil, an emerging market with growing international visibility. Using panel data methodology and GMM, we estimate dynamic investment models based on the Euler equation and Tobin's q for a panel...

This paper analyzes the presence of financial constraints for investment in innovation in Brazil. Dynamic investment models are estimated for a panel dataset of 206 Brazilian nonfinancial firms in the period 1995-2006. Results show that innovation of Brazilian firms is subject to financial...