Home Values and Firm Behavior
Saleem Bahaj, Angus Foulis, Gabor Pinter
American Economic Review · 2020 · Volume 110 · Issue 7
Abstract
The homes of firm owners are an important source of finance for ongoing businesses. We use UK microdata to show that a £1 increase in the value of the homes of a firm's directors increases the firm's investment by £0.03. This effect is concentrated among firms whose directors' homes are valuable relative to the firm's assets, that are financially constrained, and that have directors who are personally highly levered. An aggregation exercise shows that directors' homes are as important as corporate property for collateral driven fluctuations in aggregate investment demand.
Keywords
Firm Behavior: Empirical Analysis, Intertemporal Firm Choice: Investment, Capacity, and Financing, Investment, Capital, Intangible Capital, Capital Budgeting, Fixed Investment and Inventory Studies, Mergers, Acquisitions, Restructuring, Voting, Proxy Contests, Corporate Governance, Housing Supply and Markets
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