This study analyzes whether there is a relationship between firms' financial constraints and investment efficiency. In addition, it analyzes whether there is a difference in the relationship between financial constraints and corporate investment effic...
This study analyzes whether there is a relationship between firms' financial constraints and investment efficiency. In addition, it analyzes whether there is a difference in the relationship between financial constraints and corporate investment efficiency by segmenting firms' financial constraints by level. From 2012 to 2020, I extract 10,940 firm-year data, focusing on companies listed on the Korean stock market, and conduct difference verification and regression analysis.
The main analytical results of this study are summarized as follows: First, I find a significant positive relationship between financial constraints and corporate investment efficiency. Second, as a result of analyzing whether there is a difference in the relationship between financial constraints and investment efficiency by dividing the financial constraints by level, I find that there are differences in the relationship between the two according to the level of financial constraints.
This study is expected to make two contributions to related research. First, I challenge the existing literature by providing the results of an empirical analysis showing that financial constraints, which have not been addressed in previous domestic studies, have a significant negative relationship with firm investment efficiency. Second, this study differentiates itself from previous studies by presenting for the first time through empirical analysis that companies