Financial Constraints, Mispricing and Corporate Investment

43 Pages Posted: 14 Mar 2008 Last revised: 18 Mar 2009

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George Wong

The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Robert W. Faff

Corvinus University Budapest; University of Queensland; Bond University

Wing Chun Kwok

Monash University - Department of Accounting and Finance

Xin Chang

Nanyang Business School, Nanyang Technological University

Date Written: March 12, 2009

Abstract

This study examines the separate impact and joint effect of financial constraints and financial market mispricing on the sensitivity of investment to internal cash flows. Using a large sample of US manufacturing firms over the period 1971-2004, we find that financially unconstrained firms are more flexible in adjusting their sources of financing for corporate investment in response to financial market mispricing. Specifically, financially unconstrained firms tend to have lower (higher) investment-cash flow sensitivities in situations of overvaluation (undervaluation). This provides an explanation of why unconstrained firms have higher valuations than constrained firms.

Keywords: Financial constraints, Mispricing, Corporate Investment, Investment-cash flow sensitivity, Financial Flexibility

JEL Classification: G31, G32

Suggested Citation

Wong, George and Faff, Robert W. and Chun Kwok, Wing and Chang, Xin, Financial Constraints, Mispricing and Corporate Investment (March 12, 2009). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1101361 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1101361

George Wong (Contact Author)

The Hong Kong Polytechnic University ( email )

School of Accounting and Finance
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Robert W. Faff

Corvinus University Budapest ( email )

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Budapest
Hungary

University of Queensland ( email )

St Lucia
Brisbane, Queensland 4072
Australia

Bond University ( email )

Gold Coast, QLD 4229
Australia

Wing Chun Kwok

Monash University - Department of Accounting and Finance ( email )

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Wellington Road
Clayton, Victoria 3800
Australia

Xin Chang

Nanyang Business School, Nanyang Technological University ( email )

Singapore, 639798
Singapore

HOME PAGE: https://personal.ntu.edu.sg/changxin/

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