The Firm's Financing and Dividend Policies, and the Cost of External Financing Under Information Asymmetry: A Generalized Analysis

2007 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vipin K. Agrawal ◽  
Ramesh K. S. Rao
Keyword(s):  
Information Asymmetry ◽  
External Financing ◽  
Dividend Policies ◽  
The Cost

scholarly journals Information Asymmetry, Ownership Structure and Cost of Equity Capital: The Formation for Open Innovation

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 48
Author(s):  
Ade Imam Muslim ◽  
Doddy Setiawan
Keyword(s):  
Stock Market ◽  
Information Asymmetry ◽  
Ownership Structure ◽  
Trading Volume ◽  
Foreign Ownership ◽  
Equity Capital ◽  
Cost Of Equity Capital ◽  
Cost Of Equity ◽  
Ownership Structures ◽  
The Cost

Our study aims to investigate how information asymmetry and ownership structure affect cost of equity capital. For that purpose, we collected 246 issuers over 4 years for a total of 984 observations. By using panel data processing, we found that the information asymmetry we proxied through Price non-Synchronization and trading volume had an effect on the cost of equity capital. Our results also confirmed both Agency Theory and Pecking Order Theory. Both theories are in line with the conditions of the stock market in Indonesia. In addition, we found that institutional and foreign ownership structures also had an effect on the cost of equity capital. Furthermore, our results also confirmed Interest Alignment Theory and Entrenchment Theory. Our research is expected to contribute to the debate on the existence of information asymmetry and ownership structures in relation to the cost of equity capital. We also hope that it will be a valuable input for investors in considering their investment. Moreover, from the results of this study, investors can also consider foreign ownership or institutional ownership in determining their investment. In addition, stock market regulators in Indonesia can develop approaches to minimize information asymmetry and encourage foreign investors to invest in Indonesia.

scholarly journals A Scorecard to Detect Financial Leverage Profitability

2018 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 244
Author(s):  
Laura Broccardo ◽  
Luisa Tibiletti ◽  
Pertti Vilpas
Keyword(s):  
Net Present Value ◽  
Economic Value ◽  
Weighted Average ◽  
Cost Of Debt ◽  
Corporate Management ◽  
External Financing ◽  
Present Value ◽  
Financial Decisions ◽  
Proposed Model ◽  
The Cost

This study investigates how balancing internal and external financing sources can create economic value. We set a financial scorecard, consisting of the Cost of Debt (COD), Return on Investment (ROI), and the Cost of Equity (COE). We show that COE should be a cap for COD and a floor for ROI in order to increase the Net Present Value at Weighted Average Cost of Capital and the Adjusted Present Value of the levered investment. However, leverage should be carefully monitored if COD and ROI go off the grid. Situations where leverage has the opposite effect on value creation and the Equity Internal Rate of Return are also discussed. Illustrative examples are given. The proposed model aims to help corporate management in financial decisions.

Ambiguous Customer Identity Disclosure and the Cost of Equity Capital

2017 ◽  
Vol 20 (03) ◽  
pp. 1750021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hsin-Yi Yu ◽  
Li-Wen Chen
Keyword(s):  
Information Asymmetry ◽  
Market Competition ◽  
Equity Capital ◽  
Cost Of Equity Capital ◽  
Cost Of Equity ◽  
Proprietary Information ◽  
Customer Information ◽  
Identity Disclosure ◽  
The Cost ◽  
Proprietary Cost

In deciding how much customer information to disclose, managers face a tradeoff between the benefits of reducing information asymmetry and the losses of revealing proprietary information. This paper investigates which factors affect the level of ambiguous customer identity disclosure and whether such ambiguous disclosure affects the cost of equity capital. The empirical evidence shows that the proprietary cost is a crucial factor in ambiguous customer identity disclosure. Firms with a higher level of ambiguous customer identity disclosure generate a higher cost of equity capital. Moreover, the higher cost of equity capital is concentrated among firms under imperfect market competition.

Crowdfunding, Financing Constraints, and Real Effects

2020 ◽  
Vol 66 (8) ◽  
pp. 3561-3580 ◽  
Author(s):  
Praveen Kumar ◽  
Nisan Langberg ◽  
David Zvilichovsky
Keyword(s):  
Demand Uncertainty ◽  
Spot Price ◽  
Financing Constraints ◽  
Optimal Contract ◽  
External Financing ◽  
Real Effects ◽  
Discriminating Power ◽  
Individual Demand ◽  
Novel Interactions ◽  
The Cost

We study the feasibility and optimal design of presale crowdfunding contracts where participating consumers pay a premium above the future expected spot price and financially constrained entrepreneurs balance the potential product–market distortions introduced through presale crowdfunding against the cost of traditional external financing. Our analysis shows how such crowdfunding contracts enable the execution of projects that could not be otherwise undertaken and highlights novel interactions between the cost of capital, demand uncertainty, and production. Tighter financing constraints reduce the ability of the monopolist to extract surplus but, contrary to the usual result, may increase production. We evaluate how uncertainty and market size reduce the price-discriminating power of the monopolist and affect the optimal contract regime. Nevertheless, we show how such presale price-discriminating contracts are implementable even when the number of potential consumers is relatively high and their individual demand is stochastic. This paper was accepted by Gustavo Manso, finance.

scholarly journals Media Coverage and the Cost of Debt

2019 ◽  
Vol 55 (2) ◽  
pp. 429-471 ◽  
Author(s):  
Haoyu Gao ◽  
Junbo Wang ◽  
Yanchu Wang ◽  
Chunchi Wu ◽  
Xi Dong
Keyword(s):  
Information Asymmetry ◽  
Media Coverage ◽  
Default Risk ◽  
Cost Of Debt ◽  
Yield Spreads ◽  
Negatively Associated ◽  
Economic Mechanisms ◽  
The Cost ◽  
Yield Determinants ◽  
Firm Attributes

This paper investigates the relation between media coverage and offering yield spreads using a comprehensive dataset of 5,338 industrial bonds issued from 1990 to 2011. We find that media coverage is negatively associated with firms’ cost of debt. This association is robust to controlling for standard yield determinants, different model specifications, and endogeneity. We identify 4 economic channels through which media coverage influences the cost of debt: Information asymmetry, governance, liquidity, and default risk. Importantly, media coverage has an independent influence beyond the effects of these economic mechanisms and is not a proxy for other firm attributes.

scholarly journals The Shareholder Base and Payout Policy

2013 ◽  
Vol 48 (3) ◽  
pp. 729-760 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andriy Bodnaruk ◽  
Per Östberg
Keyword(s):  
Cash Holdings ◽  
Payout Policy ◽  
Open Market ◽  
External Financing ◽  
The Cost ◽  
Small Shareholder

AbstractWe examine the relation between the shareholder base and payout policy. Consistent with the idea that the shareholder base is related to the cost of external financing, we find that firms with small shareholder bases have lower payout levels and maintain higher cash holdings. We show that undertaking an open market repurchase results in a significant reduction in the size of the shareholder base. Consequently, we find that firms with small shareholder bases are less likely to undertake a repurchase (reduce the shareholder base even further) and are more likely to pay special dividends.

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