Net-worth covenants, as introduced by Black and Cox (1976), provide the firm’s bondholders with the right to force reorganization or liquidation if the value of the firm falls below a certain threshold. In the event of default, however, many bankruptcy codes stipulate an automatic stay of...

This paper examines how the investment of financially constrained firms varies with their level of internal funds. We develop a theoretical model of optimal investment under financial constraints. Our model endogenizes the costs of external funds and allows for negative levels of internal funds....

This article values equity and corporate debt by taking into account the fact that in practice the default point differs from the liquidation point and that it might be in the creditors' interest to delay liquidation. The article develops a continuous time asset pricing model of debt...

In this paper the problem of valuing corporate debt with possibility of default is considered. It is assumed that the volatility of the value of a firm's assets evolves according to an Ornstein-Uhlenbeck process and default occurs only if the value of corporate assets falls below an exogenously...

This paper links banking with asset prices in a monetary macroeconomic model. The main innovation is to consider how falling asset prices affect the banking system through wide-spread borrower default, while deriving explicit solutions and balance sheet effects even far from the steady state. We...

Die Prognose, ob ein Unternehmen fortbestehen wird oder nicht, hat weitreichende Konsequenzen für Eigentümer, Gläubiger und Arbeitnehmer der Gesellschaft. In Abhängigkeit von dem Prognoseergebnis sind das Vermögen und die Schulden in der Bilanz und in einem etwaigen Überschuldungsstatus...

Eine positive Fortbestehensprognose eines Unternehmens beinhaltet eine mit überwiegender Wahrscheinlichkeit erwartete nachhaltige Zahlungsfähigkeit. In dem Beitrag „Die Fortbestehensprognose – Rechtliche Anforderungen und ihre betriebswirtschaftlichen Grundlagen“ der Verfasser in WPg...

Este trabajo pretende, utilizando una versión modificada del modelo de crecimiento continuo de Higgins para la valuación de activos de capital, obtener evidencia en cuanto a la relevancia de la información contable en la valuación del valor de mercado del patrimonio en la industria de...

Listing of stocks on the stock exchange offers business firms several advantages such as diversification, liquidity, establishing a value for the firm etc. The present paper analyses stocks of six commercial banks (viz., Dubai Commercial Bank, Emirates Bank International, National Bank of Dubai,...