Policy uncertainty, irreversibility, and cross-border flows of capital
In: Journal of international economics, Band 103, S. 13-26
ISSN: 0022-1996
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In: Journal of international economics, Band 103, S. 13-26
ISSN: 0022-1996
In: Journal of International Economics, Forthcoming
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In: FEDS Working Paper No. 2013-64
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In: Business Strategy Review, Band 23, Heft 2, S. 82-82
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In: Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, forthcoming
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In: Journal of Financial Economics (JFE), Forthcoming
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We examine the relationship between political uncertainty and R&D investment by exploiting the timing of U.S. gubernatorial elections as a source of plausibly exogenous variation in uncertainty. In contrast to the literature documenting negative effects of political uncertainty on real investment, we find that uncertainty over government policy encourages firm-level R&D. Firms increase R&D investments by an average of 4.6% in election years relative to non-election years. The uncertainty effect is stronger in hotly contested elections, in politically sensitive and hard-to-innovate industries, and in firms subject to higher growth options and greater product market competition. Our findings suggest that, as predicted by models of investment under uncertainty, the real effects of political uncertainty depend on the properties of the investment and the degree of product market competition and therefore the total effect of political uncertainty on the long-run growth of an economy is unclear.
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In: Journal of Corporate Finance, Forthcoming
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In: NBER Working Paper No. w13706
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We examine the impact of political influence and ownership on corporate investment by exploiting the unique way provincial leaders are promoted in China. The tournament-style promotion system creates incentives for new governors to exert influence over investment in the early years of their term. We find a divergence in investment rates between state owned enterprises (SOEs) and private firms following political turnover. SOEs increase investment by 6.0% following the turnover while investment rates for private firms decline, suggesting that the political influence exerted over SOEs may crowd out private investment.
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In: NBER Working Paper No. w16941
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In: NBER Working Paper No. w14952
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