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We study the impact of the COVID-19 recession on capital structure of publicly listed U.S. firms. Our estimates suggest leverage (Net Debt/Asset) decreased by 5.3 percentage points from the pre-shock mean of 19.6 percent, while debt maturity increased moderately. This de-leveraging effect is...
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The spread of COVID-19, containment measures, and general uncertainty led to a sharp reduction in activity in the first half of 2020. Europe was hit particularly hard-the economic contraction in 2020 is estimated to have been among the largest in the world-with potentially severe repercussions...
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shocks induced by the pandemic to their liquidity, viability and solvency. For this purpose, we develop novel multi … their debt, and on their liquidity and solvency positions. Applying the October 2020 WEO baseline and adverse scenarios, we … the initial shock as earnings recover in line with projected macroeconomic conditions, liquidity needs remain substantial …
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. Liquidity stress tests have been applied in parallel to and independently from solvency stress tests, based on scenarios which … testing of solvency and liquidity: our approach exploits the mechanisms underlying the solvency-liquidity nexus to derive … relations between solvency shocks and liquidity shocks. These relations are then used to model liquidity and solvency risk in a …
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The paper presents a framework to integrate liquidity and solvency stress tests. An empirical study based on European … bond trading data finds that asset sales haircuts depend on the total amount of assets sold and general liquidity … conditions in the market. To account for variations in market liquidity, the study uses Markov regime-switching models and links …
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This paper suggests a novel approach to assess corporate sector solvency risk. The approach uses a Bottom-Up Default Analysis that projects probabilities of default of individual firms conditional on macroeconomic conditions and financial risk factors. This allows a direct macro-financial link...
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I construct a systemic liquidity risk index (SLRI) from data on violations of arbitrage relationships across several … liquidity risk factor. Results show that the level of bank returns is not directly affected by the SLRI, but their volatility … increases when liquidity conditions deteriorate. I do not find a strong association between bank size and exposure to the SLRI …
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This paper outlines a procedure for calculating the cash value of “menu items” in debt restructuring proposals, including par and non-par exchanges, with enhancements consisting of either interest or principal guarantees. It is argued that under certain plausible assumptions interest and...
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sovereign yields are linked together through credit risks and liquidity premiums. Consequently, high sovereign risks may …
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