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Financial constraints, agency cost and firm¡¯s investment behavior: Evidence from listed companies of China

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  • MA Junlu

    (School of Economics, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China)

  • LI Zeguang

    (WANG Qunyong School of Economics, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China)

Abstract

Financial constraints due to the imperfection of capital market have been emphasized as an important factors determining investment by researchers recently. Beside of which, the soft budget constraints (SBC) and agency problem caused by dual property structure of enterprise system are even more important for investment in transitional China. Combing the background of aggregate investment, this paper analyzes the investment behavior and its inner mechanism of listed company in China from different views of SBC, agency cost theory and financial constraints. Based on the empirical study of 1 373 listed company, we find there is indeed some differences for SOE and non-SOE in the aspect of financial constraints even the hypothesis on nexus of cash flow and investment fails. Evidence has been found to support that principal-agency problem in the background of SBC and financial constraints can explain the investment behavior of listed company jointly, which provides another way to interpret the investment behavior of listed company in transitional country.

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  • MA Junlu & LI Zeguang, 2009. "Financial constraints, agency cost and firm¡¯s investment behavior: Evidence from listed companies of China," Frontiers of Economics in China-Selected Publications from Chinese Universities, Higher Education Press, vol. 4(3), pages 384-405, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:fec:journl:v:4:y:2009:i:3:p:384-405
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    Keywords

    Investment behavior; financial constraints; heterogeneity; panel data;
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    JEL classification:

    • E22 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Consumption, Saving, Production, Employment, and Investment - - - Investment; Capital; Intangible Capital; Capacity
    • G31 - Financial Economics - - Corporate Finance and Governance - - - Capital Budgeting; Fixed Investment and Inventory Studies
    • P34 - Political Economy and Comparative Economic Systems - - Socialist Institutions and Their Transitions - - - Finance

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