01914cas a2200253 a 4500 AALejournalIMF022576 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 5.00 USD 9781484302644 1018-5941 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL Das, Sonali. Financial Frictions, Underinvestment, and Investment Composition : Evidence from Indian Corporates / Sonali Das, Volodymyr Tulin. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2017. 1 online resource (32 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 This paper studies private investment in India against the backdrop of a significant investment decline over the past decade. We analyze the potential causes of weaker investment at the firm level, using both firm-level financial statements and a novel dataset on firms' investment project decisions, and find that financial frictions have played a role in the slowdown. Firms with higher financial leverage invest less, as do firms with lower earnings relative to their interest expenses. Consistent with the notion of credit constraints leading to pro-cyclical investment, we also find that firms with higher leverage are (i) less likely to undertake new investment projects, (ii) less likely to complete investment projects once begun, and (iii) undertake shorter-term investment projects. Mode of access: Internet Tulin, Volodymyr. IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2017/134 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/001/2017/134/001.2017.issue-134-en.xml IMF e-Library