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Investor-driven corporate finance: Evidence from insurance markets
- Publication Year :
- 2022
- Publisher :
- Bonn and Cologne: University of Bonn and University of Cologne, Reinhard Selten Institute (RSI), 2022.
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Abstract
- This paper documents that the bond investments of insurance companies transmit shocks from insurance markets to the real economy. Liquidity windfalls from household insurance purchases increase insurers' demand for corporate bonds. Exploiting the fact that insurers persistently invest in a small subset of firms for identification, I show that these increases in bond demand raise bond prices and lower firms' funding costs. In response, firms issue more bonds, especially when their bond underwriters are well connected with investors. Firms use the proceeds to raise investment rather than equity payouts. The results emphasize the significant impact of investor demand on firms' financing and investment activities.
- Subjects :
- Insurance
G24
ddc:330
G32
G22
G12
G34
Corporate Finance
Real Effects
Corporate Bonds
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Details
- Language :
- English
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Accession number :
- edsair.dedup.wf.001..fe3db8e3f42ef89d48c2b6b0d0097052