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Incentives in Internal Capital Markets: Capital Constraints, Competition, and Investment Opportunities

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  • Roman Inderst

    (INSEAD, LSE, CEPR)

  • Christian Laux

    (Goethe University Frankfurt, CFS)

Abstract

We examine the effect of competition for scarce corporate financial resources on managers' incentives to generate profitable investment opportunities. Operating an active internal capital market is unambiguously beneficial only if divisions have the same level of financial resources and the same investment potential. Otherwise, managers' incentives may be lower and an internal capital market may decrease firm value even though headquarters allocates capital efficiently. We analyze under which conditions the operation of an internal capital market is more likely to add value, and we derive implications for the boundaries of firms, for a potential conglomerate discount or premium, and for the role of incentive pay for division managers.

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  • Roman Inderst & Christian Laux, 2005. "Incentives in Internal Capital Markets: Capital Constraints, Competition, and Investment Opportunities," RAND Journal of Economics, The RAND Corporation, vol. 36(1), pages 215-228, Spring.
    • Handle: RePEc:rje:randje:v:36:y:2005:1:p:215-228
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    Keywords

    Capital Budgeting; Investment Policy; cost of capital Firm Organization and Market Structure: Markets vs. Hierarchies; Vertical Integration; Conglomerates Firm Value; Firm; Firms; Investment;
    All these keywords.

    JEL classification:

    • G31 - Financial Economics - - Corporate Finance and Governance - - - Capital Budgeting; Fixed Investment and Inventory Studies
    • L22 - Industrial Organization - - Firm Objectives, Organization, and Behavior - - - Firm Organization and Market Structure

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