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Financialisation and capital accumulation in the non-financial corporate sector:

Financialisation and capital accumulation in the non-financial corporate sector: I discuss the impact of financialisation on real capital accumulation in the US. Using data from a sample of non-financial corporations from 1973 to 2003, I find a negative relationship between real investment and financialisation. Two channels can help explain this negative relationship: first, increased financial investment and increased financial profit opportunities may have crowded out real investment by changing the incentives of firm managers and directing funds away from real investment. Second, increased payments to the financial markets may have impeded real investment by decreasing available internal funds, shortening the planning horizons of the firm management and increasing uncertainty. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Cambridge Journal of Economics Oxford University Press

Financialisation and capital accumulation in the non-financial corporate sector:

Cambridge Journal of Economics , Volume 32 (6) – Apr 9, 2008

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Oxford University Press
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The Author 2008. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Cambridge Political Economy Society. All rights reserved.
ISSN
0309-166X
eISSN
1464-3545
DOI
10.1093/cje/ben009
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Abstract

I discuss the impact of financialisation on real capital accumulation in the US. Using data from a sample of non-financial corporations from 1973 to 2003, I find a negative relationship between real investment and financialisation. Two channels can help explain this negative relationship: first, increased financial investment and increased financial profit opportunities may have crowded out real investment by changing the incentives of firm managers and directing funds away from real investment. Second, increased payments to the financial markets may have impeded real investment by decreasing available internal funds, shortening the planning horizons of the firm management and increasing uncertainty.

Journal

Cambridge Journal of EconomicsOxford University Press

Published: Apr 9, 2008

Keywords: Financialisation Capital accumulation Corporate governance Investment Financial markets

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