@techreport{NBERw7659, title = "Investment-Cash Flow Sensitivities are not Valid Measures of Financing Constraints", author = "Steven N. Kaplan and Luigi Zingales", institution = "National Bureau of Economic Research", type = "Working Paper", series = "Working Paper Series", number = "7659", year = "2000", month = "April", URL = "http://www.nber.org/papers/w7659", abstract = {Kaplan and Zingales [1997] provide both theoretical arguments and empirical evidence that investment-cash flow sensitivities are not good indicators of financing constraints. Fazzari, Hubbard and Petersen [1999] criticize those findings. In this note, we explain how the Fazzari et al. [1999] criticisms are either very supportive of the claims in Kaplan and Zingales [1997] or incorrect. We conclude with a discussion of unanswered questions.}, }