Federal Budget Deficit Financing Effects On Firm's Choice Of Debt And Equity

摘要

Does debt financing of the deficit make equity financing for firms moreattractive. Benjamin M. Friedman (1986) argues that it does. The model in this paper examined whether the predicted nominal quantity side of the financing story corresponds with the pricing results Friedman found. Without delving into substitutability and risk measurement issues, the thesis revealed the impact of the link between the government financing decision and the corporate financing decision. Government deficits, by themselves, crowd out all corporate financial instruments. Financing that deficit and debt with long term government bonds increases the severity of the crowding out effect. In contrast, however, short term financing can more than overcome the crowding out effects of budget deficits. Further, with the proper mix of long and short term instruments, the Treasury can exactly off set the crowding effects of deficits, rendering them portfolio neutral.