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Moral Hazard in Corporate Investment and the Disciplinary Role of Voluntary Capital Rationing

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  • Guochang Zhang

    (Department of Accounting, Hong Kong University of Science & Technology, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong)

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This paper compares three capital-budgeting rules, the NPV rule, a high hurdle rate and capital rationing, and explains why some firms may voluntarily impose capital rationing. Under both capital rationing and a high hurdle, a restrictive investment criterion is used to control managerial shirking. However, implementation of these budgeting rules requires a mechanism to prevent the firm from expanding the investment scale ex post. Capital rationing, in the form of a predetermined, fixed budget, differs from the high-hurdle-rate rule in that the former requires the firm to overcome the cost of raising additional capital before making further investment.

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  • Guochang Zhang, 1997. "Moral Hazard in Corporate Investment and the Disciplinary Role of Voluntary Capital Rationing," Management Science, INFORMS, vol. 43(6), pages 737-750, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:inm:ormnsc:v:43:y:1997:i:6:p:737-750
    DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.43.6.737
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