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Leverage, uncertainty and investment decisions

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  • Kenc, Turalay
  • Driver, Ciaran

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We explore the role of taxes on stimulating investment decisions for levered firms under cash flows and investment costs uncertainty using the adjusted present value-based real options approach developed by Myers and Read (2019). We extend their work to consider combined tax credits and uncertain investment costs. We then run a numerical analysis to quantify the impact of uncertainty, corporate tax and investment tax credit in stimulating investments.

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  • Kenc, Turalay & Driver, Ciaran, 2020. "Leverage, uncertainty and investment decisions," Economics Letters, Elsevier, vol. 190(C).
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:ecolet:v:190:y:2020:i:c:s0165176520300628
    DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2020.109052
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    Keywords

    Irreversible investment; Tax incentives; Uncertainty; Leverage;
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    JEL classification:

    • G31 - Financial Economics - - Corporate Finance and Governance - - - Capital Budgeting; Fixed Investment and Inventory Studies
    • G32 - Financial Economics - - Corporate Finance and Governance - - - Financing Policy; Financial Risk and Risk Management; Capital and Ownership Structure; Value of Firms; Goodwill

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