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Production Smoothing, Firms' Heterogeneity, and Financial Constraints: Evidence from a Panel of UK Firms

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  • Guariglia, Alessandra
  • Schiantarelli, Fabio

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In this paper, the authors provide an empirical analysis of heterogeneity in firms' inventory behavior using a panel of U.K. manufacturing firms. They first investigate how the relative variance of production and sales differs across firms. The authors then use variants of the linear quadratic inventory model in order to analyze potential heterogeneity in firms' incentives to smooth production. The results suggest that incentives to smooth production are not prevalent. This conclusion also holds when firms are partitioned according to whether they are more or less likely to face financial constraints. Copyright 1998 by Royal Economic Society.

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  • Guariglia, Alessandra & Schiantarelli, Fabio, 1998. "Production Smoothing, Firms' Heterogeneity, and Financial Constraints: Evidence from a Panel of UK Firms," Oxford Economic Papers, Oxford University Press, vol. 50(1), pages 63-78, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:oup:oxecpp:v:50:y:1998:i:1:p:63-78
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    2. Quader, Syed Manzur, 2017. "Differential effect of liquidity constraints on firm growth," Review of Financial Economics, Elsevier, vol. 32(C), pages 20-29.
    3. Yang, Junhong & Guariglia, Alessandra & Peng, Yuchao & Shi, Yukun, 2022. "Inventory investment and the choice of financing: Does financial development play a role?," Journal of Corporate Finance, Elsevier, vol. 74(C).
    4. Ghosh, Saibal & Ghosh, Saurabh, 2006. "Does Monetary Policy Affect A Firm’s Investment Through Leverage? Micro Evidence for India," Economia Internazionale / International Economics, Camera di Commercio Industria Artigianato Agricoltura di Genova, vol. 59(1), pages 17-31.
    5. Carpenter, Robert E. & Guariglia, Alessandra, 2008. "Cash flow, investment, and investment opportunities: New tests using UK panel data," Journal of Banking & Finance, Elsevier, vol. 32(9), pages 1894-1906, September.
    6. Kirch, Guilherme & Procianoy, Jairo Laser & Terra, Paulo Renato Soares, 2014. "Restrições Financeiras e a Decisão de Investimento das Firmas Brasileiras," Revista Brasileira de Economia - RBE, EPGE Brazilian School of Economics and Finance - FGV EPGE (Brazil), vol. 68(1), April.
    7. Andrew Benito, 2002. "Financial pressure, monetary policy effects and inventory adjustment by UK and Spanish firms," Working Papers 0226, Banco de España.
    8. Syed Manzur Quader, 2017. "Differential effect of liquidity constraints on firm growth," Review of Financial Economics, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 32(1), pages 20-29, January.
    9. Guariglia, Alessandra, 1999. "An analysis of the inventory behavior in a q-theoretic framework," International Journal of Production Economics, Elsevier, vol. 58(2), pages 131-146, January.

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