The aim of this paper is to analyse the influence of financial system liquidity and corporate leverage on a firm's overinvestment. We posit that when external funds are easily available, as in expansionary monetary periods, debt loses its traditional role as a managerial control mechanism....

Purpose In this paper, the authors study the failure of Russian banks between 2012 and 2019. Design/methodology/approach The authors analyze the entire population of Russian banks and combine a logit model with the survival analysis. Findings In addition to the usual determinants, the authors...