Investment reversibility and agency cost of debt

被引:7
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作者
Manso, Gustavo [1 ]
机构
[1] MIT, Alfred P Sloan Sch Management, Cambridge, MA 02142 USA
关键词
agency problems; real options; debt financing; asset substitution; debt overhang; underinvestment;
D O I
10.1111/j.1468-0262.2008.00838.x
中图分类号
F [经济];
学科分类号
02 ;
摘要
Previous research has argued that debt financing affects equity-holders' investment decisions, producing substantial inefficiency. This paper shows that the size of this inefficiency depends on the degree of investment reversibility. In a dynamic model of financing and investment, the paper provides an upper bound for the inefficiency produced by debt financing. The upper bound is decreasing in the degree of investment reversibility and is zero when investment is perfectly reversible.
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页码:437 / 442
页数:6
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