Capital Flows with Debt- and Equity-Financed Investment-Equilibrium Structure and Efficiency Implications

Capital Flows with Debt- and Equity-Financed Investment-Equilibrium Structure and Efficiency Implications
ISBN-10
1451857640
ISBN-13
9781451857641
Category
Business & Economics
Pages
22
Language
English
Published
1998-11-01
Publisher
International Monetary Fund
Authors
Assaf Razin, Efraim Sadka, Chi-Wa Yuen

Description

This paper distinguishes between debt and equity flows in the presence of information asymmetry between the firm’s “insiders” and “outsiders” in a small open economy. It shows the inadequacy of capital investment because its scope is too narrow and the investment each firm makes is too little. An unconventional policy tool is proposed to correct the market failure: lump-sum subsidies to firms that choose to equity-finance their investments.

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