Cheung, William M.; Im, Hyun Joong; Zhang, Bohui - 2021
We examine the effect of stock liquidity on the choice between debt and equity financing. Using three quasi …-natural experiments, we show that increased stock liquidity increases firms' propensity to finance using debt. In addition, we document … that liquidity reduces the cost of debt finance. Taken together, these results suggest that increased liquidity, by …