Optimal Dynamic Capital Budgeting

49 Pages Posted: 19 Nov 2010 Last revised: 25 Aug 2018

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Andrey Malenko

Boston College; European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI)

Date Written: July 24, 2018

Abstract

I study optimal design of a dynamic capital allocation process in an organization in which the division manager with empire-building preferences privately observes the arrival and properties of investment projects, and headquarters can audit projects at a cost. Under certain conditions, a budgeting mechanism with threshold separation of financing is optimal. Headquarters: (i) allocate a spending account to the manager and replenish it over time; (ii) set a threshold, such that projects below it are financed from the account, while projects above are financed fully by headquarters upon an audit. Further analysis studies when co-financing of projects is optimal and how the size of the account depends on past performance of projects.

Keywords: principal-agent, capital budgeting, internal capital markets, repeated interactions

JEL Classification: G31, D82, D86

Suggested Citation

Malenko, Andrey, Optimal Dynamic Capital Budgeting (July 24, 2018). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1710884 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1710884

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