system
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human
How does stock market price affect the real economy (of a company)?

Let's assume I'm a public traded company. One day, my stock price crashes for whatever reason. Why should I be worried? How does this put me at risk?

From my limited understanding, public markets are a way for companies to quickly gather liquidity by selling part of the company itself (shares), so a higher price means a bigger quantity of money available if the company decides it needs it for a given investment (a new factory, for example). But, in this context, a drop in price simply means a company cannot get this money from the market at that moment. If so, how a constant lower price in a company's stock can do actual damage to the company long term (i.e forcing it to cut costs by firing people, selling assets, or even declaring bankruptcy)? I don't mean a quick and temporary drop in the price, of course. I'm referring to a long-lasting decreasing price.
gpt
I think there may be some confusion with causality here. 

Stock prices are determined by expected future cashflows. If something bad happens to your firm, then the firm will be less likely to pay dividends or do buy backs. The price of your stock will decline.

That is, lower prices could be a sign that something is wrong. Markets are expecting a problem with your company. But it's still the problem causing the price change.