Financial factors and company investment decisions in transitional China

Liu, J ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2978-6022 and Pang, D 2009, 'Financial factors and company investment decisions in transitional China' , Managerial and Decision Economics, 30 (2) , pp. 91-108.

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Abstract

We investigate the propensity of Chinese publicly listed firms to invest in response to financial factors, according to the a priori degree of a firm’s information problems: industry sector, ownership structure and firm size. The firms in primary and tertiary industries are found to be liquidity-constrained in their investment decisions. The investment-cash flow sensitivity of the firms in secondary industry indicates that they lost privileged access to credit in the course of China’s market transition. However, we find no evidence that financial liberalization resulted in an easing of financing constraints for small- and medium-sized firms. Our result indicates that agency problems, stemming from a state-controlling pyramidal ownership structure, are responsible for the misallocation of internal funds. The importance of bankruptcy and agency costs in relation to debt finance for certain types of borrowers reflects the transitional nature of the financial environment facing Chinese firms.

Item Type:	Article
Themes:	Subjects outside of the University Themes
Schools:	Schools > Salford Business School > Salford Business School Research Centre
Journal or Publication Title:	Managerial and Decision Economics
Publisher:	Wiley
Refereed:	Yes
ISSN:	0143-6570
Depositing User:	JL Liu
Date Deposited:	28 Oct 2011 11:17
Last Modified:	16 Feb 2022 13:21
URI:	https://usir.salford.ac.uk/id/eprint/18767

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