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Equilibrium Investment and Asset Prices under Imperfect Corporate Control

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Abstract

We integrate a widely accepted version of the separation of ownership and control—Michael Jensen's (1986) free cash flow theory—into a dynamic equilibrium model, and study the effect of imperfect corporate control on asset prices and investment. Aggregate free cash flow of the corporate sector is an important state variable in explaining asset prices, investment, and the cyclical behavior of interest rates and the yield curve. The financial friction causes cash-flow shocks to affect investment, and causes otherwise i.i.d. shocks to be transmitted from period to period. The shocks propagate through large firms and during booms.

Citation

Dow, James, Gary Gorton, and Arvind Krishnamurthy. 2005. "Equilibrium Investment and Asset Prices under Imperfect Corporate Control." American Economic Review, 95 (3): 659-681. DOI: 10.1257/0002828054201422

JEL Classification

  • G12 Asset Pricing; Trading Volume; Bond Interest Rates
  • G32 Financing Policy; Financial Risk and Risk Management; Capital and Ownership Structure; Value of Firms; Goodwill