01746cas a2200253 a 4500 AALejournalIMF001664 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 5.00 USD 9781451854497 1018-5941 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL Kim, Yungsan. Has Inventory Investment Been Liquidity-Constrained? : Evidence From U.S. Panel Data / Yungsan Kim, Woon Choi. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2001. 1 online resource (41 pages) IMF Working Papers <strong>Off-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required <strong>On-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required Electronic access restricted to authorized BRAC University faculty, staff and students Based on an analysis of high-frequency panel data for U.S. firms, this paper finds that inventory investment has been liquidity-constrained in most periods during 1975-97, but less so, or not at all, during recessions. This result can be justified on the grounds that inventory fluctuations are largely attributable to unexpected sales shocks, and that firms increase liquid assets before recessions. Moreover, this results holds irrespective of whether the firm has a bond rating, contrary to the finding of Kashyap, Lamont, and Stein (1994) that inventory investment is liquidity-constrained during recessions only for firms without bond ratings. Mode of access: Internet Choi, Woon. IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2001/122 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/001/2001/122/001.2001.issue-122-en.xml IMF e-Library