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Title: Investment, Liquidity Constraints and Bank Relationships: Evidence from German Manufacturing Firms

Author(s): Julie Ann Elston

Publication Date: January 1996

Keyword(s): Banks, Germany, Investment and Liquidity

Programme Area(s): Financial Economics

Abstract: This paper presents evidence supporting the theory that informational and incentive problems in capital markets affect firm investment. This hypothesis is tested by estimating investment equations for two groups of German manufacturing firms. The first group of firms are those with bank ownership, suggesting lower costs to banks of obtaining information and better access to capital for the firm. The second group contains independent firms, that are expected to face greater external financing costs and liquidity constraints. Findings support the hypothesis of greater investment sensitivity to liquidity constraints, as well as increased investment sensitivity over time, for the group of independent firms.

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Elston, J. 1996. 'Investment, Liquidity Constraints and Bank Relationships: Evidence from German Manufacturing Firms'. London, Centre for Economic Policy Research. https://cepr.org/active/publications/discussion_papers/dp.php?dpno=1329