“…In addition, the empirical evidence shows that cash flow always has a signficant positive effect on accumulation, whilst the effects of the stock market evaluation and debt are mixed (Devereux and Schiantarelli, 1990;Bond and Meghir, 1994;Bond et al, 2003;Bloom et al, 2007). The mainstream investment literature argues that companies' financing issues mainly derive from agency problems, and the development of financial markets can relax these constraints (Devereux and Schiantarelli, 1990;Love, 2003;Pawlina and Renneboog, 2005;Love and Zicchino, 2006;Guariglia and Carpenter, 2008;Bond et al, 2003). In particular, Beck et al (2005) find that firms with higher financing obstacles shows slower growth, but this relationship is weaker in countries with relatively more developed financial systems.…”