Financialisation and capital accumulation in the non-financial corporate sector:: A theoretical and empirical investigation on the US economy: 1973-2003
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- 9 April 2008
- journal article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Cambridge Journal of Economics
- Vol. 32 (6), 863-886
- https://doi.org/10.1093/cje/ben009
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.Keywords
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