The impact of financial position on investment: an anlysis for non-financial corporations in the euro area

Annalisa Ferrando and Carmen Martinez-Carrascal
Authors registered in the RePEc Author Service: Carmen Martinez Carrascal

No 943, Working Paper Series from European Central Bank

Abstract: This paper analyses the impact that firms financial position has on investment decisions using panel data from a large sample of non-financial corporations(around 120,000 firms) in six euro area countries(Belgium, Germany, France, Italy, the Netherlands and Spain). The results indicate that financial position is important to explain capital expenditures, as financial pressure appears relevant in explaining investment dynamics when it is proxied by cash flow, indebtedness and debt burden. The results also show differences in the sensitivity of investment rates to changes in financial pressure across countries, which appears to be especially large in the Netherlands and Italy and relatively small in Germany. JEL Classification: C33, E22, G32, J23

Keywords: balance sheet channel; financial pressure; fixed investment; Panel data (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2008-09
Note: 235236
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