Abstract
How does product life cycle affect investment and financing? To answer this question, we structurally estimate a dynamic model where the firm chooses product portfolio characteristics that influence cash flow dynamics and shape corporate policies. In the model, the firm trades off higher profitability of newer products versus product introduction costs. Using disaggregated product-level data, we find that the product dimension is critical in quantitatively explaining cash flow dynamics, investment and financing, and has materially important valuation effects. In particular, we show that product introductions and capital investment act as complements and that product dynamics induce stronger precautionary savings motives. Our estimates reveal that the product life cycle effect is more pronounced for firms with smaller product portfolios, supplying less unique products, and competing more intensely.
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