Financial frictions and substitution between internal and external funds in publicly traded Brazilian companies
The present study aimed to document the effects of financial constraints on the negative relationship between cash flow and external funds, a phenomenon associated with the Pecking Order Theory. This theory suggests that companies subject to more expensive external funds (financially constrained fir...
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Veröffentlicht in: | Revista Contabilidade & Finanças 2012-04, Vol.23 (58), p.19-32 |
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Zusammenfassung: | The present study aimed to document the effects of financial constraints on the negative relationship between cash flow and external funds, a phenomenon associated with the Pecking Order Theory. This theory suggests that companies subject to more expensive external funds (financially constrained firms) should demonstrate a stronger negative relationship with cash flow than companies subject to minor financial frictions (financially unconstrained firms). The results indicate that the external funds of constrained firms consistently present less negative sensitivity to cash flow compared with those of unconstrained companies. Additionally, the internal funds of constrained companies demonstrate a positive sensitivity to cash flow, whereas those of unconstrained companies do not show any such significant behavior. These results are in accordance with the findings of Almeida and Campello (2010), who suggest the following: first, because of the endogenous nature of investment decisions in constrained companies, the complementary relationship between internal and external funds prevails over the substitutive effects suggested by the Pecking Order Theory; and second, the negative relationship between cash flow and external funds cannot be interpreted as evidence of costly external funds and therefore does not corroborate the Pecking Order Theory.
O presente estudo objetivou encontrar evidências dos efeitos da restrição financeira sobre a relação negativa entre fluxo de caixa e fundos externos, comportamento associado à teoria do pecking order. Esta teoria sugere que companhias sujeitas a fundos externos mais custosos (companhias restritas) deveriam apresentar uma relação negativa mais intensa relativamente às companhias sujeitas a menores fricções financeiras (companhias irrestritas). Os resultados indicam que companhias restritas apresentam sensibilidade negativa dos fundos externos ao fluxo de caixa sistematicamente menor do que a sensibilidade apresentada pelas companhias irrestritas. Adicionalmente, companhias restritas apresentam sensibilidade positiva dos fundos internos ao fluxo de caixa, enquanto companhias irrestritas não apresentaram comportamento significante. Estes resultados mantêm correspondência com os achados de Almeida e Campello (2010), sugerindo: primeiro, em razão da endogeneidade das decisões de investimento em companhias restritas, a relação de complementaridade entre fundos internos e externos prevalece sobre a relação de substitutividade s |
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ISSN: | 1519-7077 1808-057X 1519-7077 |
DOI: | 10.1590/S1519-70772012000100002 |