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Stock Issues and Investment Policy When Firms Have Information That Investors Do Not Have / Stewart C. Myers, Nicholas S. Majluf.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Myers, Stewart C.
- Series:
- Working Paper Series (National Bureau of Economic Research) no. w0884.
- NBER working paper series no. w0884
- Language:
- English
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource: illustrations (black and white);
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, Mass. National Bureau of Economic Research 1982.
- Summary:
- This paper describes corporate investment and financing decisions when managers have inside information about the value of the firm's existing investment and growth opportunities, but cannot convey that information to investors. Capital markets are otherwise perfect and efficient. In these circumstances, the firm may forego a valuable investment opportunity rather than issue stock to finance it. The decision to issue cannot fully convey the managers' special information. If stock is issued, stock price falls. Liquid assets or financial slack are valuable if they reduce the probability or extent of stock issues. The paper also suggests explanations for some aspects of dividend policy and choice of capital structure.
- Notes:
- Print version record
- April 1982.
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