Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
5058574 Economics Letters 2015 4 Pages PDF
Abstract

•We study the Modigliani-Miller Theorem with incomplete markets and trading limits.•There exist state-dependent limits under which financial policy is irrelevant.•A no short-selling limit on equity is innocuous in spite of being state-independent.

We study the Modigliani and Miller Theorem under portfolio constraints. We show that there exist state-dependent trading limits under which financial policy is irrelevant. In addition, a no short-selling constraint on equity is innocuous in spite of being state-independent.

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