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CANCELLED The Horizon of Investors’ Information and Corporate Investment

Laurent Frésard

  • Date1 December 2023
  • Time 14h00 - 15h15
  • Room Auditorium 4

Abstract

We investigate whether the quality of investors’ information across horizons influences corporate investment. In our theory, managers under-invest because their stock price imperfectly reflects the value created by their projects. This effect is stronger when there is a mismatch between the horizon of the projects' cash flows and the horizon at which investors obtain information. Using a new hand-collected measure of projects' horizon, we find that improvements in the quality of investors' long-term (short-term) information induce firms with long-term (short-term) projects to invest more, particularly when managers prioritize current stock prices. Hence, the quality of investors’ information across horizons matters.

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