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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 |
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Helguera, Lorenzo; Lanfranco, Bruno A.. |
La producción agropecuaria está muy expuesta a los posibles efectos negativos de una serie de factores que presentan un muy alto grado de variabilidad. Factores climáticos, biológicos, institucionales, humanos y de mercados, afectan rendimientos y precios de productos e insumos. Estos factores son responsables del riesgo económico al que toda empresa está expuesta – cualquiera sea la forma en que se financie – y que puede originar grandes pérdidas en poco tiempo. Por otro lado, el riesgo financiero refiere a la posibilidad, incierta muchas veces, que el productor no pueda hacer frente a sus obligaciones financieras (pago de intereses y amortización de deudas), lo cual puede afectar la misma viabilidad de la empresa. Ambos riesgos están íntimamente ligados,... |
Tipo: Book |
Palavras-chave: Breakeven point; Leverage; Farm management; Agribusiness; Agricultural Finance; Farm Management; D8; M1; Q14. |
Ano: 2006 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/121687 |
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