Firm financial behaviour dynamics and interactions: a structural vector autoregression approach

Li, S., Hoque, H. and Thijssen, J. (2021) Firm financial behaviour dynamics and interactions: a structural vector autoregression approach. Journal of Corporate Finance, 69. 102028. ISSN 0929-1199 doi: 10.1016/j.jcorpfin.2021.102028

Abstract/Summary

This paper investigates the dynamic interactions of firms’ financial behaviours using a five-variable structural vector autoregression (SVAR) framework. We provide empirical evidence that firms’ financial behaviours are jointly determined. We demonstrate that a single-equation analysis on one financial behaviour generates biased estimates. We find that firms deviate from the desired level of each financial characteristic to absorb shocks to the other financial characteristics. Following such deviations, the characteristics revert in subsequent periods. Among these inter-related financial behaviours, equity decisions are the most independent, followed by dividend target, investment, and leverage target. Although firms prioritize financial behaviours differently, it appears that there is neither one financial behaviour that firms use only to absorb shocks nor one that never responds to the others.

Item Type	Article
URI	https://reading-clone.eprints-hosting.org/id/eprint/98839
Identification Number/DOI	10.1016/j.jcorpfin.2021.102028
Refereed	Yes
Divisions	Henley Business School > Business Informatics, Systems and Accounting
Publisher	Elsevier
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