Template-type: ReDif-Paper 1.0 Author-Name: Bruinshoofd W.Allard Author-Name: Letterie Wilko A. Author-workplace-name: METEOR Title: Comovement of Sales, Retention Practice and Financing Constraints in Dutch Manufacturing Abstract: This paper assesses the significance of financing constraints in investment decisions for a balanced panel of 206 of the largest Dutch manufacturing firms over the period 1983-1996, employing split sample analysis of reduced form investment equations. Our empirical evidence demonstrates that financing constraints matter in Dutch manufacturing and are associated with high retention practice and strong firm-industry sales comovement. Keywords: mathematical economics; Series: Research Memoranda Creation-Date: 2001 Number: 001 File-URL: http://digitalarchive.maastrichtuniversity.nl/fedora/objects/guid:2c8bba5d-1d4c-4ad6-bd78-c60d26913ae1/datastreams/ASSET1/content File-Format: application/pdf File-Size: 163432 Handle: RePEc:unm:umamet:2001001