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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Jaeger, Albert
Format: Journal
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2003.
Series:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2003/117
Online Access:Full text available on IMF