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Business fixed investment: the case of the Portuguese manufacturing industry

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Resumo:The objective of this paper is to present the results of a study undertaken on the identification of the main determinants of business fixed investment decisions in the Portuguese manufacturing industry. Special attention was given to the validity of the financial constraint hypothesis. This can be seen in the light of the strong connection between the investment decisions of the firm and their cash flows. The independence between the firm’s investment and financing decisions is thus not possible. A sample of 808 firms belonging to the manufacturing sector was used. This sample was divided into two groups according to a number of criteria (size of firm, maturity, and equity to total assets ratio) in order to identify differences in the investment behaviour of these two groups. The main results of this study were: (1) the financial restrictions hypothesis is valid; (2) the estimated coefficients of the cash flows are higher for firms that are a priori less exposed to information problems.
Autores principais:Cunha, Jorge
Outros Autores:Paisana, António
Assunto:Investment Cash Flow Financial constraints
Ano:2003
País:Portugal
Tipo de documento:comunicação em conferência
Tipo de acesso:acesso aberto
Instituição associada:Universidade do Minho
Idioma:inglês
Origem:RepositóriUM - Universidade do Minho

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