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Chinese Journal of Management Science ›› 2008, Vol. 16 ›› Issue (3): 157-163.

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Leverage, Equity Financing and Firm Investment

ZHANG Li-bing1,2, WU Chong-feng2   

  1. 1. Department of Finance, Shanghai Lixin University of Commerce, Shanghai 201600, China;
    2. Financial Research Center, Antai School of Economics and Management, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai 200052, China
  • Received:2007-11-14 Revised:2008-05-25 Online:2008-06-30 Published:2008-06-30

Abstract: This paper analyzes the interaction between firm investment and both capital structure and equity financing,obtaining endogenously the investment timing,bankruptcy timing,and equity-selling ratio.The simulation of our model shows that the initial debt and new debt financing affect the firm investment: the initial debt has promotive effect on the firm investment,while the equity financing is constraint,they are two factors causing overinvestment or underinvestment.

Key words: debt financing, firm investment, investment timing, cash flow

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