Insolvency and debt overhang following the COVID-19 outbreak: Assessment of risks and policy responses
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
This policy brief investigates the likelihood of corporate insolvency and the potential implications of debt overhang of non-financial corporations associated with the Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak. Based on simple accounting exercises, it evaluates the extent to which firms may deplete their equity buffers and increase their leverage ratios in the course of the crisis. Next, relying on regression analysis and looking at the historical relationship between firms’ leverage and investment, it examines the potential impact of higher debt levels on investment during the recovery. Against this background, the policy brief outlines a number of policy options to flatten the curve of crisis-related insolvencies, which could potentially affect otherwise viable firms, and to lessen the risk of debt-overhang, which could slow down the speed of recovery.
Year of publication: |
2020
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Institutions: | OECD (issuing body) |
Publisher: |
Paris : OECD Publishing |
Subject: | Coronavirus | Insolvenz | Insolvency | Verbindlichkeiten | Corporate debt | OECD-Staaten | OECD countries |
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