Effects of financial constraints and product market competition on share repurchases

Daniel Gyimah, Antonios Siganos and Chris Veld

Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions and Money, 2021, vol. 74, issue C

Abstract: This study explores the importance of financial constraints and product market competition on the share repurchase decision. We find that financially constrained firms are more likely to conduct debt-financed share repurchases. Financially unconstrained firms, however, tend to conduct debt-financed repurchases only when debt market conditions are favourable. We also find that the level of industry competition is a significant factor behind managers’ decisions. High (low) industry competition forces financially unconstrained and undervalued firms to reduce (increase) the agency costs of free cash flows from overvalued debt financing. The implication is that firms in high-competition industries disburse excess cash through share repurchases. We find that this effect is strongest in periods outside financial crises.

Keywords: Agency costs; Free cash flows; Cross-market arbitrage; Share repurchases; Financial constraints; Product market competition (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: G30 G31 G32 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.1016/j.intfin.2021.101392

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