What happened to the willingness of companies to invest after the financial crisis? Evidence from Latin American Countries.

Aydin Ozkan, Roberto J. Santillán-Salgado, Yilmaz Yildiz, María del Rocío Vega Zavala

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This paper investigates the changes in corporate investment dynamics in the aftermath of the Global Financial Crisis. Using firm-level data from six Latin American countries during the period 2002-2015, we show that firms are less constrained and have greater ability to invest after the crisis. However, the willingness of firms to invest optimally is reduced. This is supported by strong evidence that during the post-crisis period investment-cash flow sensitivity disappears; investment-q sensitivity increases; and the estimated speeds of adjustment for target investment decrease. Moreover, we show that after the crisis firms notably increase their efforts to attain optimal cash and leverage levels. Our analysis implies that firms may not always be willing to invest optimally. The willingness to invest optimally appears to be time-variant and moves together with the dynamics of cash and leverage policies, albeit in opposite directions.
Original languageEnglish
JournalJournal of Financial Research
Publication statusAccepted/In press - 29 Dec 2019

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Financial crisis
Cash
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Firm-level data
Investment-cash flow sensitivity
Speed of adjustment
Corporate investment
Global financial crisis

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Ozkan, Aydin ; Santillán-Salgado, Roberto J. ; Yildiz, Yilmaz ; Vega Zavala, María del Rocío. / What happened to the willingness of companies to invest after the financial crisis? Evidence from Latin American Countries. In: Journal of Financial Research. 2019.
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Ozkan, A, Santillán-Salgado, RJ, Yildiz, Y & Vega Zavala, MDR 2019, 'What happened to the willingness of companies to invest after the financial crisis? Evidence from Latin American Countries.', Journal of Financial Research.

What happened to the willingness of companies to invest after the financial crisis? Evidence from Latin American Countries. / Ozkan, Aydin; Santillán-Salgado, Roberto J. ; Yildiz, Yilmaz; Vega Zavala, María del Rocío.

In: Journal of Financial Research, 29.12.2019.

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Ozkan A, Santillán-Salgado RJ, Yildiz Y, Vega Zavala MDR. What happened to the willingness of companies to invest after the financial crisis? Evidence from Latin American Countries. Journal of Financial Research. 2019 Dec 29.

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