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The COVID-19 impact on corporate leverage and financial fragility

Haque, Sharjil Muktafi; Varghese, Richard - 2021

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 impact of legislation on credit risk : comparative evidence from the United States, the United Kingdom and Germany

Schmieder, Christian; Schmieder, Philipp - 2011

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Scenario analysis with the DD-PD mapping approach : stock market shocks and U.S. corporate default risk

Chan-Lau, Jorge A. - 2021

This paper introduces the quantile regression- based Distance-to-Default to Probability of Default (DD-PD) mapping, which links individual firms' DD to their real world PD. Since changes in the DD depend on a handful of parameters, the mapping easily accommodates shocks arising from quantitative...

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Global corporate stress tests : impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and policy responses

Tressel, Thierry; Ding, Xiaodan - 2021

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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The Impact of Legislationon Credit Risk : Comparative Evidence From the United States, the United Kingdom and Germany

Schmieder, Philipp - 2011

This study investigates the link between bankruptcy and security legislation and potential credit losses faced by banks based on a cross-country study for the United States (US), the United Kingdom (UK) and Germany. Focusing on corporate credit, we find that legislation produces the highest...

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Are Credit Default Swaps Spreads High in Emerging Markets : An Alternative Methodology for Proxying Recovery Value

Singh, Manmohan - 2003

reveals inconsistency between theory and practice in pricing CDS spreads in EM. This note suggests an alternate methodology …

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Japan's Distressed Debt Market

Ohashi, Kazunari - 2004

Sizable risk capital from outside may be necessary to accelerate Japan''s corporate restructuring to replace the stock of impaired bank loans. To attract risk capital, impaired loans must find market-clearing prices. However, the asymmetry in the bid-ask prices faced by banks and distressed-debt...

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Mortgage Defaults

Martinez, Leonardo - 2012

This paper incorporates house price risk and mortgages into a standard incomplete market (SIM) model. The model is calibrated to match U.S. data and accounts for non-targeted features of the data such as the distribution of down payments, the life-cycle profile of home ownership, and the...

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Fundamentals-Based Estimation of Default Probabilities : A Survey

Chan-Lau, Jorge A. - 2006

because of low liquidity …

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The End : A New Indicator of Financial and Nonfinancial Corporate Sector Vulnerability

Chan-Lau, Jorge A. - 2005

This paper describes a corporate sector vulnerability indicator, the expected number of defaults (END), based on the joint occurrence of defaults among a number of firms and/or institutions. The END indicator is general enough to assess systemic risk in the corporate and financial sectors, as...

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