Corporate Investment in Emerging Markets Financing vs. Real Options Channel

We examine how firm and country heterogeneity shape the response of corporate investment in emerging markets to changes in global interest rates and volatility. We test for the presence of (i) a financing channel originating from changes in the costs of external borrowing and (ii) a real options cha...

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Main Author: Li, Delong
Other Authors: Magud, Nicolas, Valencia, Fabian
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. International Monetary Fund 2015
Series:IMF Working Papers
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Collection: International Monetary Fund - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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