TECHNOLOGY AND FINANCIAL STRUCTURE: ARE INNOVATIVE FIRMS DIFFERENT?
成果类型：
Article
署名作者：
Aghion, Philippe; Klemm, Alexander; Bond, Stephen; Marinescu, Ioana
署名单位：
Harvard University; University of London; London School Economics & Political Science; University of Oxford; University of London; London School Economics & Political Science
刊物名称：
JOURNAL OF THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC ASSOCIATION
ISSN/ISSBN：
1542-4766
DOI：
10.1162/154247604323067989
发表日期：
2004
页码：
277-288
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摘要：
We use data on publicly traded U.K. firms to investigate whether financing choices differ systematically with R&D intensity. As well as looking at a balance sheet measure of the debt/assets ratio, we also consider the probability of raising finance by issuing new equity, and the shares of bank debt and secured debt in total debt. We find a nonlinear relationship with the debt/assets ratio: firms that report positive but low R&D use more debt finance than firms that report no R&D, but the use of debt finance falls with R&D intensity among those firms that report R&D. We find a simpler relationship with the probability of issuing new equity: Firms that report R&D are more likely to raise funds by issuing shares than firms that report no R&D, and this probability increases with R&D intensity. The shares of bank debt and secured debt in total debt are both lower for firms that report R&D compared to those that do not, and tend to fall as R&D intensity rises. We discuss possible explanations for these patterns. (JEL: G32, O31, D21)
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