Corporate Balance Sheet Restructuring and Investment in the Euro Area /
The recent boom-bust cycle in the euro area's equity valuations has left nonfinancial corporations saddled with a legacy of high debt or leverage. Models of corporate investment behavior based on imperfect capital markets predict that highly leveraged balance sheets can act as a brake on invest...
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Format: | Journal |
Language: | English |
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Washington, D.C. :
International Monetary Fund,
2003.
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Series: | IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ;
No. 2003/117 |
Online Access: | Full text available on IMF |