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1、Thispaperexaminesfirminvestingdecisionsinthepresenceoffreecashflow.Intheory,firmlevelinvestmentshouldnotberelatedtointernallygeneratedcashflows(Modigliani&Miller,1958).However,priorresearchhasdocumentedapositiverelationbetweeninvestmentexpenditureandcashflow(e.g.,Hubbard,1998).Th
2、erearetwointerpretationsforthispositiverelation.First,thepositiverelationisamanifestationofanagencyproblem,wheremanagersinfirmswithfreecashflowengageinwastefulexpenditure(e.g.,Jensen1986;Stulz1990).Whenmanagers’objectivesdifferfromthoseofshareholders,thepresenceofinternallygenera
3、tedcashflowinexcessofthatrequiredtomaintainexistingassetsinplaceandfinancenewpositiveNPVprojectscreatesthepotentialforthosefundstobesquandered.Second,thepositiverelationreflectscapitalmarketimperfections,wherecostlyexternalfinancingcreatesthepotentialforinternallygeneratedcashflo
4、wstoexpandthefeasibleinvestmentopportunityset(e.g.,Fazzari,Hubbard,&Petersen,1988;Hubbard,1998).Thispaperfocusesonutilizingaccountinginformationtobettermeasuretheconstructsoffreecashflowandover-investment,therebyallowingamorepowerfultestoftheagency-basedexplanationforwhyfirmlevel
5、investmentisrelatedtointernallygeneratedcashflows.Indoingso,thispaperisthefirsttoofferlargesampleevidenceofover-investmentoffreecashflow.Priorresearch,suchasBlanchard,Lopez-di-Silanes,andVishny(1994),documentexcessiveinvestmentandacquisitionactivityforelevenfirmsthatexperienceala
6、rgecashwindfallduetoalegalsettlement,Harford(1999)findsusingasampleof487takeoverbids,thatcash-richfirmsaremorelikelytomakeacquisitionsthatsubsequentlyexperienceabnormaldeclinesinoperatingperformance,andBates(2005)findsforasampleof400subsidiarysalesfrom1990to1998thatfirmswhoretain
7、cashtendtoinvestmore,relativetoindustrypeers.Thispaperextendsthesesmallsamplefindingsbyshowingthatover-investmentoffreecashflowisasystematicphenomenonacrossalltypesofinvestmentexpenditure.Theempiricalanalysisproceedsintwostages.First,thepaperusesanaccounting-basedframeworktomeasu
8、rebothfreecashflowandover-investment.Fre
