Investment Behavior, Observable Expectations, and Internal Funds

Posted: 20 Jul 1998

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Jason G. Cummins

Brevan Howard Asset Management LLP

Kevin A. Hassett

American Enterprise Institute (AEI)

Stephen D. Oliner

American Enterprise Institute

Date Written: 1995

Abstract

We use earnings forecasts from securities analysts to construct more accurate measures of the fundamentals that affect the expected returns to investment. Using a variety of econometric techniques, including semi-parametric estimators, we find that investment responds significantly--in both economic and statistical terms--to our new measures of fundamentals. With our controls for expected future profits, we find that internal funds are uncorrelated with investment spending, even for selected subsamples of firms--those paying no dividends and those without bond ratings--that have been found to be "liquidity constrained" in previous studies.

JEL Classification: C14, C23, D92, E22

Suggested Citation

Cummins, Jason Gustav and Hassett, Kevin A. and Oliner, Stephen D., Investment Behavior, Observable Expectations, and Internal Funds (1995). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=42578

Jason Gustav Cummins (Contact Author)

Brevan Howard Asset Management LLP ( email )

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United Kingdom

Kevin A. Hassett

American Enterprise Institute (AEI) ( email )

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Stephen D. Oliner

American Enterprise Institute ( email )

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HOME PAGE: http://www.aei.org/scholar/stephen-d-oliner/

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