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WHAT HAPPENED TO THE WILLINGNESS OF COMPANIES TO INVEST AFTER THE FINANCIAL CRISIS? EVIDENCE FROM LATIN AMERICAN COUNTRIES

Aydin Ozkan, Roberto J. Santillán‐Salgado, Yilmaz Yildiz and María del Rocío Vega Zavala
Authors registered in the RePEc Author Service: Roberto Santillan

Journal of Financial Research, 2020, vol. 43, issue 2, 231-262

Abstract: In this article we investigate the changes in corporate investment dynamics in the aftermath of the global financial crisis. Using firm‐level data from six Latin American countries from 2002 to 2015, we show that firms are less constrained and have greater ability to invest after the crisis. However, the willingness of firms to invest optimally is reduced. This is supported by strong evidence that during the postcrisis period investment–cash flow sensitivity disappears, investment‐q sensitivity increases, and the estimated speeds of adjustment for target investment decrease. Moreover, after the crisis, firms notably increase their efforts to attain optimal cash and leverage levels. Our analysis implies that firms may not always be willing to invest optimally. The willingness to invest optimally appears to be time variant and moves together with the dynamics of cash and leverage policies, albeit in opposite directions.

Date: 2020
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