Capital Flows with Debt- and Equity-Financed Investment-Equilibrium Structure and Efficiency Implications
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Summary:
This paper distinguishes between debt and equity flows in the presence of information asymmetry between the firm’s “insiders” and “outsiders” in a small open economy. It shows the inadequacy of capital investment because its scope is too narrow and the investment each firm makes is too little. An unconventional policy tool is proposed to correct the market failure: lump-sum subsidies to firms that choose to equity-finance their investments.
Series:
Working Paper No. 1998/159
Subject:
Capital flows Productivity Securities markets Stock markets Stocks
English
Publication Date:
November 1, 1998
ISBN/ISSN:
9781451857641/1018-5941
Stock No:
WPIEA1591998
Pages:
21
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