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The impact of cross-ownership on the reaction of corporate investment and financing constraints: a panel threshold model

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  • Chung-Hua Shen
  • Chien-An Wang

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This paper studies whether or not investment decisions are financially constrained in a cross-ownership system of Taiwan. Different from the financial structure in the USA, subsidiaries in Taiwan are allowed to buy stocks of the parent companies. Hence, the conventional debt-to-equity ratio is inappropriate to divide firms into high and low-debt firms. Instead, a new threshold variable - the adjusted debt-equity ratio (ADE) - is employed to divide the sample into high-debt firms and low-debt firms. A panel of 115 Taiwan-listed firms for the period 1991-1997 is used. Evidence supports the cash flow hypothesis and ADE has a notable significant influence on the financial constraints.

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  • Chung-Hua Shen & Chien-An Wang, 2005. "The impact of cross-ownership on the reaction of corporate investment and financing constraints: a panel threshold model," Applied Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 37(20), pages 2315-2325.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:applec:v:37:y:2005:i:20:p:2315-2325
    DOI: 10.1080/00036840500218786
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