Do Debt Flows Crowd Out Equity Flows or the Other Way Round?

Assaf Razin, Efraim Sadka and Chi-Wa Yuen
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Efraim Sadka: Eitan Berglas School of Economics, Tel Aviv University
Chi-Wa Yuen: School of Economics and Finance, University of Hong Kong

Annals of Economics and Finance, 2000, vol. 1, issue 1, 33-47

Abstract: In the presence of asymmetric information, the stage at which financing decisions are made about investment projects in a small open economy is crucial for the composition of international capital inflows as well as for the efficiency of channeling savings into investment. This paper compares the implications of two extreme cases regarding the information possessed by the firms at their financing stage for whether inflows of foreign debt may crowd out foreign equity or the other way round. The scope for corrective tax policies is examined. We also provide a welfare comparison between the two mechanisms of capital flows.

Keywords: Debt and equity flows; Asymmetric information; Bankruptcy cost; Market failures; Corrective taxation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D82 F21 H21 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2000
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Working Paper: Do Debt Flows Crowd Out Equity Flows or the Other Way Round? (2000)
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Working Paper: Do Debt Flows Crowd out Equity Flows or the Other Way Round? (1998)
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