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Rising Intangible Capital, Shrinking Debt Capacity, and the US Corporate Savings Glut
Falato, A.; Kadyrzhanova, D.; Sim, J. et al.
2022In Journal of Finance, 77 (5), p. 2799–2852
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Keywords :
Intangible Assets, Debt Capacity, Risk Management, Corporate Cash Holdings
Abstract :
[en] This paper explores the connection between rising intangible capital and the secular upward trend in US corporate cash holdings. We calibrate a dynamic model with two productive assets, tangible and intangible capital, in which only tangible capital can serve as collateral. We highlight the following points: 1) a shift toward intangible capital shrinks firms' debt capacity and leads them to hold more cash; 2) the effect accounts for 3/4 of the observed trend in average cash ratios; 3) it also accounts for the upward trend of cash ratios in the cross-section of small and large firms and in the aggregate.
Disciplines :
Finance
Author, co-author :
Falato, A.;  Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
Kadyrzhanova, D.;  Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
Sim, J.;  Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
STERI, Roberto ;  University of Luxembourg > Faculty of Law, Economics and Finance (FDEF) > Department of Finance (DF)
External co-authors :
yes
Language :
English
Title :
Rising Intangible Capital, Shrinking Debt Capacity, and the US Corporate Savings Glut
Publication date :
October 2022
Journal title :
Journal of Finance
ISSN :
0022-1082
eISSN :
1540-6261
Volume :
77
Issue :
5
Pages :
2799–2852
Peer reviewed :
Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi
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