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Regulatory Independence and Political Interference: Evidence from EU Mixed-Ownership Utilities’ Investment and Debt
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Cambini,   Carlo; Rondi,   Laura.
This paper examines the investment and financial decisions of a sample of 92 EU regulated utilities, taking into account key institutional features of EU public utilities, such as: a) regulation by agencies with various degrees of independence; b) partial ownership of the state in the regulated firm; and c) the government’s political orientation, which may ultimately influence the regulatory climate to be either more pro-firm or more pro-consumers. Our results show that regulatory independence matters for both investment and financial decisions. Investment increases under an Independent Regulatory Agency (IRA), while ownership has no effect. Leverage also increases when the IRA is in place, especially so if the regulated firm is privately controlled....
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Regulated Utilities; Investment; Capital Structure; Private and State Ownership; Regulatory Independence; Government’s Political Orientation; Financial Economics; G31; G32; L33; L51; L90.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/91002

The role of financing frictions in agricultural investment decisions: an analysis pre and post financial crisis
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: O'Toole,   Conor M.; Newman,   Carol F.; Hennessy,   Thia C.
This paper uses a fundamental Q model of investment to consider the role played by financing frictions in agricultural investment decisions, controlling econometrically for censoring, heterogeneity and errors-in-variables. Our findings suggest that farmer's investment decisions are not driven by market fundamentals. We find some evidence that debt overhang restricts investment but investment is not dependent on liquidity or internal funds. The role of financing frictions in determining investment decisions changes in the post-financial crisis period when debt overhang becomes a significant impediment to farm investment. The evidence suggests that farmers increasingly rely on internal liquidity to drive investment. Finally, we find no evidence that farmers...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Credit Constraints; Firm Level Investment; Tobin's Q; Debt; Agricultural Finance; G31; G32; F34.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/114568

Permanent Housing for Seasonal Workers? A Generalized Peak Load Investment Model for Farm Worker Housing
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Qenani-Petrela,   Eivis; Mittelhammer,   Ronald C.; Wandschneider,   Philip R.
Many seasonal workers are housed in transitory accommodations, including tents and vehicles. In this study, we analyze the supply side of this problem by assuming that a public agent must house the workers through direct public investment. A peak load model is adapted to develop investment rules for the least-cost provision of seasonal worker housing, adding an interacting multi-season component to existing models. Based on this model and the data from three prototype projects, the majority of the least-cost investment would be in permanent, but seasonally occupied, housing.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Farmworker housing; Investment rules; Peak load model; Public housing; Seasonal labor; Farm Management; Labor and Human Capital; Public Economics; R31; H75; J43; G31.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/45515

Capital Structure and Regulation: Does Ownership Matter?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Bortolotti,   Bernardo; Cambini,   Carlo; Rondi,   Laura; Spiegel,   Yossi.
We construct a comprehensive panel data of 96 publicly traded European utilities over the period 1994-2005 in order to study the relationship between the capital structure of regulated firms, regulated prices, and investments, and examine if and how this interaction is affected by ownership structure. We show that firms in our sample increase their leverage after becoming regulated by an independent regulatory agency, but only if they are privately controlled. Moreover, we find that the leverage of these firms has a positive and significant effect on regulated prices, but not vice versa, and it also has a positive and significant effect on their investment levels. Our results are consistent with the theory that privately-controlled firms use leverage...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Regulated utilities; Regulatory agencies; Capital structure; Leverage; Investment; Private and state ownership; Public Economics; L51; G31; G32; L33.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/7449

An Evaluation of Overseas Oil Investment Projects under Uncertainty Using a Real Options Based Simulation Model
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Zhu,   Lei; Zhang,   ZhongXiang; Fan,   Ying.
This paper applies real options theory to establish an overseas oil investment evaluation model that is based on Monte Carlo simulation and is solved by the Least Squares Monte-Carlo method. To better reflect the reality of overseas oil investment, our model has incorporated not only the uncertainties of oil price and investment cost but also the uncertainties of exchange rate and investment environment. These unique features have enabled our model to be best equipped to evaluate the value of oil overseas investment projects of three oil field sizes (large, medium, small) and under different resource tax systems (royalty tax and production sharing contracts). In our empirical setting, we have selected China as an investor country and Indonesia as an...
Tipo: Working Paper
Palavras-chave: Overseas Oil Investment; Project Value; Real Options; Least Squares Monte-Carlo; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy; Q41; Q43; Q48; G31; O13; O22; C63.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/119106

The Benefits of Improved Environmental Accounting: An Economic Framework to Identify Priorities
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Boyd,   James.
Improved environmental accounting is increasingly seen by corporate managers and environmental advocates alike as a necessary complement to improved environmental decision-making within the private sector. This paper develops an economic approach to the evaluation of environmental accounting's benefits and derives the value, and determinants, of improved accounting information in several production and capital budgeting contexts. Using concepts from managerial economics, finance, and organizational theory, the analysis identifies the types of environmental accounting improvement that are most likely to yield significant financial and environmental benefits.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Environmental accounting; Capital investment; Corporate decision-making; Environmental Economics and Policy; M41; Q20; G31.
Ano: 1998
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/10609

Advanced Biofuel Production in Louisiana Sugar Mills: an Application of Real Options Analysis
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Darby,   Paul M.; Mark,   Tyler B.; Detre,   Joshua D.; Salassi,   Michael E.
In order to more fully study the risks and uncertainty involved in cellulosic ethanol production, we examine a simulated plant in South Louisiana using Real Options Analysis
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Real options; Risk; Uncertainty; Cellulosic ethanol; Energy cane; Sorghum; Bagasse; Simulation; Agribusiness; Agricultural Finance; Production Economics; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy; Risk and Uncertainty; Q42; Q14; Q16; D81; G31.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/103747

Financing Constraints and Access to Credit in Post Crisis Environment: Evidence from New Farmers in Alabama
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Hartarska,   Valentina M.; Nadolnyak,   Denis A.
We use survey data to study the level of financing constrains faced by new farmers in Alabama post 2008, and identify who got loans. We find that new farmers are financially constrained but not impacted by the crisis. Lending was collateral driven, although lenders also considered profitability and cash flows.
Tipo: Presentation
Palavras-chave: Financing constraints; Access to agricultural credit; New farmers; Agricultural Finance; Financial Economics; Risk and Uncertainty; G31; Q12; Q14.
Ano: 2012
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/119799