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Koszty agencji długu i rozwodnienie roszczeń wierzycieli
Debt agency costs and debtholders claims dilution

Author(s): Elżbieta Rychłowska-Musiał
Subject(s): Economy
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Ekonomicznego we Wrocławiu
Keywords: debt agency costs; underinvestment; overinvestment; claims dilution

Summary/Abstract: The paper focuses on measuring the debt agency costs by real options framework. A levered company which covers investment costs by equity has costs of underinvestment agency. New debt issue mitigates the underinvestment problem but may create a new one: overinvestment and debtholders claims dilution.

  • Issue Year: 2011
  • Issue No: 158
  • Page Range: 337-346
  • Page Count: 10
  • Language: Polish