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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 standarddeviation increase in Brexit uncertainty …
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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 standarddeviation increase in Brexit uncertainty …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012422065
We empirically examine some listed Chinese firms’ political connection, ownership, and financing constraints. Politically-connected firms display no financing constraints whereas firms without connection experience significant constraints. Non-connected family-controlled firms bear greater...
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The aim of this paper is to investigate the effect of economic policy uncertainty on firms' investment decisions. We … (EPU) indicator available for this country. We find strong evidence that uncertainty reduces corporate investment. This …-related uncertainty reduces corporate investment through increases in precautionary savings or to worsening of credit conditions. …
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The authors show that there is a negative relationship between economic policy uncertainty (EPU) and firm overinvestment using Korean data from 2007 to 2016. Since Jensen (1986) shows that a firm's free cash flow is an important factor of overinvestment, the authors examine how free cash flow...
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We study the impact of a financial transaction tax (FTT) in a model that combines asset trade and real investment. An …
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, short-sale constraints increase the informativeness of prices to some agents who learn about the quality of an investment … opportunity from market prices and have additional private information. In a setting with investment complementarities, this leads …
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stock returns and unanticipated index changes. Regulatory exposure is associated with material declines in investment and … irreversible investment opportunities. The results shed new light on the heterogeneous economic impact of regulation and on its …
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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012834665
The aim of this paper is to investigate the effect of policy uncertainty on firms' investment decisions. We focus on … this country. We find strong evidence that policy uncertainty reduces corporate investment. Furthermore, the heterogeneous … decrease investment significantly more than their counterparts. Overall, these results are consistent with the hypotheses that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012906286