Executive Takeaways
■ Firms generally seek external financing when they would otherwise run out of cash. ■ The specific cash need determines the choice between debt and equity financing. ■ The fixed costs of financing help to explain the fraction of the proceeds to keep as cash. ■ More research on the opportunity costs of cash shortfalls is needed.
Rongbing Huang, Professor of Finance
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