Investment in Relationship-Specific Assets: Does Finance Matter?

Martin Strieborny and Madina Kukenova

No 2013:11, Working Papers from Lund University, Department of Economics

Abstract: Existing literature highlights opportunistic behavior as the main reason why rational agents underinvest in relationship-specific assets (the hold-up problem). However, a supplier would also be reluctant to undertake relationship-specific investment if she cannot observe financial stability or planning horizon of a buyer. By combining insights from research on relationship-specific investment and signaling role of financial intermediaries, we argue that a strong banking sector can alleviate these information asymmetries between buyers and suppliers. We empirically confirm this hypothesis by showing that industries dependent on relationship-specific investment from their suppliers grow disproportionately faster in countries with a strong banking sector.

Keywords: …nancial development; relationship-speci…c investment; growth (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: G21 O16 O40 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 37 pages
Date: 2013-04-24
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