Investment, Capital Structure, and Complementarities Between Debt and New Equity
Management Science · 2002 · Volume 48 · Issue 2
DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.48.2.257.260
Abstract
We study simultaneous investment and financing decisions made by incumbent owners in the presence of capital market imperfections. We present a theory for how the optimal combination of debt and equity financing depends on the firm's internal funds. We identify complementarities between the two financial instruments. We test these predictions empirically with panel data on 3,119 corporations in the COMPUSTAT database. Our estimates using instrumental variable techniques support our theoretical predictions regarding the link between internal funds and capital investments, as well as the interaction effects between debt and new equity. We explore implications for managers, financiers, and policy makers.
Keywords
Investments, Financial Constraints, Capital Structure, Complementarities
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