On the Interaction of Financial Frictions and Fixed Capital Adjustment Costs: Evidence from a Panel of German Firms

Abstract: This paper analyzes the interaction of financial frictions and non- convex adjustment costs. With non-convex adjustment costs firms infrequently carry out discrete investment projects. Therefore, financial variables may influence investment in two ways. Theoretically, they can alter the frequency at which investment projects are undertaken, or they can influence the size of the stock of capital a company wishes to hold in the long run. Empirically, finance has nearly no long-run influence on the stock of capital in the sample of German companies which this paper analyzes. By contrast, the influence of finance on investment decisions is substantial. Consequently, finance primarily affects investment frequencies and accordingly, financial factors and fundamental capital productivity strongly interact in the determination of investment.

Keywords: Investment; imperfect capital markets; debt constraints; adjustment costs; nonlinear panel cointegration (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: E22 E44 G31 C33 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-fin
Date: Written 2004-10-21
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