Investment - Cash Flow Sensitivity and Capital Market Imperfections: Theory and Evidence from Indian Panel DataDebkumar Chakrabarti
Indian Economic Review, 2006, vol. 41, issue 2, pages 209-227 Abstract: Theories of capital market imperfections point out the role of financial factors in determining investment behaviour of firms. However, no attempt has been made so far to provide a framework that can directly verify the link between capital market imperfections and firm level investment decisions. This paper tries to fill up the lacuna by incorporating agency cost of external funds in the value-maximizing problem of the firm. Our findings cast serious doubt on the monotonicity of investment - cash flow sensitivity with respect to financial market imperfections - the central assumption underlying most of the empirical work in this particular field. Moreover, results point out that increase in internal cash flow engenders two separate effects - the Internal Fund Effect and the Net Worth Effect both of which have a positive impact on the level of investment. We have also conducted an empirical survey on Indian firms which also highlights the separate existence of the two effects. Keywords: Cash Flow; Net Worth; Internal Fund; Investment; Panel Data (search for similar items in EconPapers) There are no downloads for this item, see the EconPapers FAQ for hints about obtaining it. Related works: Ordering information: This journal article can be ordered from Access Statistics for this article Indian Economic Review is edited by Partha Sen and Pami Dua More articles in Indian Economic Review from Department of Economics, Delhi School of Economics |
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