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Agency Costs, Financial Deregulation, and Corporate Investment - An Euler Equation Approach to Panel Data for Swedish Firms

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  • Sten, Hansen

    (Ministry of Finance)

  • Lindberg, Sara

    (Department of Economics)

Abstract

This paper studies the influence of debt financing on the investment behavior of firms. The empirical analysis is based on the Euler equation governing the optimal level of investment in the presence of convex adjustment costs of capital as well as agency costs associated with borrowing in imperfect capital markets. Using a large panel of Swedish firms over the period 1979-94, we examine whether agency costs differ between firms of different size and between firms with different retention behavior, and whether Swedish financial deregulation in the mid 1980s helped to reduce these costs. In addition to the structural and highly nonlinear Euler equation, we estimate a linearized version of it. The empirical results support the existence of agency costs, but there is no evidence that these costs would differ between classes of firms, nor that deregulation succeeded in reducing them. It appears, however, that some firms may not only be facing agency costs, but may also be rationed altogether.

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  • Sten, Hansen & Lindberg, Sara, 1997. "Agency Costs, Financial Deregulation, and Corporate Investment - An Euler Equation Approach to Panel Data for Swedish Firms," Working Paper Series 1997:20, Uppsala University, Department of Economics.
    • Handle: RePEc:hhs:uunewp:1997_020
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    Cited by:

    1. Mikael Carlsson & Stefan Laséen, 2005. "Capital Adjustment Patterns In Swedish Manufacturing Firms: What Model Do They Suggest?," Economic Journal, Royal Economic Society, vol. 115(506), pages 969-986, October.
    2. Kirchesch, Kai, 2004. "Financial Risks, Bankruptcy Probabilities, and the Investment Behaviour of Enterprises," HWWA Discussion Papers 299, Hamburg Institute of International Economics (HWWA).
    3. Oksanen, Olli-Pekka, 2006. "Are Foreign Investments Replacing Domestic Investments? - Evidence from Finnish Manufacturing," Discussion Papers 1001, The Research Institute of the Finnish Economy.
    4. Kirchesch, Kai, 2004. "Financial Risks, Bankruptcy Probabilities, and the Investment Behaviour of Enterprises," Discussion Paper Series 26185, Hamburg Institute of International Economics.

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    Keywords

    Investment; agency costs; financial deregulation;
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    JEL classification:

    • D92 - Microeconomics - - Micro-Based Behavioral Economics - - - Intertemporal Firm Choice, Investment, Capacity, and Financing
    • G31 - Financial Economics - - Corporate Finance and Governance - - - Capital Budgeting; Fixed Investment and Inventory Studies

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