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Financial Revenues, Financial Leverage, Debt Maturity, Uncertainty and the Underinvestment Problem

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  • Abdul Majid Nasir

    (Faculty of Business and Economics, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur)

  • Rozaimah Zainudin

    (Faculty of Business and Economics, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur)

  • Aidil Rizal Shahrin

    (Faculty of Business and Economics, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur)

Abstract

The underinvestment problem has become prominent among non-financial firms in the US over the previous two decades. This study investigates whether financial revenues have contributed to the underinvestment issue. Additionally, we examine whether financial leverage, debt maturity and uncertainty alter the relationship between financial revenues and underinvestment. Using a panel of firm-level data of US non-financial firms from 1999 to 2018, we estimate the cumulant estimator to identify the relationships. Our findings show that financial revenues significantly increase the underinvestment problem. However, financial leverage and debt maturity do not play important roles in the effect of financial revenues on underinvestment. In contrast, uncertainty assists financial revenues in increasing the underinvestment problem, especially for highly uncertain firms. Our results are robust to alternative investment opportunities and uncertainty proxies, alternative estimation methods, and an alternative economic model.

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  • Abdul Majid Nasir & Rozaimah Zainudin & Aidil Rizal Shahrin, 2022. "Financial Revenues, Financial Leverage, Debt Maturity, Uncertainty and the Underinvestment Problem," Czech Journal of Economics and Finance (Finance a uver), Charles University Prague, Faculty of Social Sciences, vol. 72(1), pages 71-101, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:fau:fauart:v:72:y:2022:i:1:p:71-101
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    Keywords

    Financial revenues; financial leverage; debt maturity; uncertainty; underinvestment;
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    JEL classification:

    • D25 - Microeconomics - - Production and Organizations - - - Intertemporal Firm Choice: Investment, Capacity, and Financing
    • D80 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - General
    • D81 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - Criteria for Decision-Making under Risk and Uncertainty
    • G30 - Financial Economics - - Corporate Finance and Governance - - - General
    • G31 - Financial Economics - - Corporate Finance and Governance - - - Capital Budgeting; Fixed Investment and Inventory Studies
    • M2 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Business Economics

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