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Acharya, Viral V. - 2010

The crisis of 2007-09 has been characterized by a sudden freeze in the market for short-term, secured borrowing. We present a model that can explain a sudden collapse in the amount that can be borrowed against finitely-lived assets with little credit risk. The borrowing in this model takes the...

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Creditor rights and corporate risk-taking

Acharya, Viral V. - 2009

We analyze the link between creditor rights and firms' investment policies, proposing that stronger creditor rights in bankruptcy reduce corporate risk-taking. In cross-country analysis, we find that stronger creditor rights induce greater propensity of firms to engage in diversifying...

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Cash Holdings and Credit Risk

Acharya, Viral V. - 2011

liquidity may be related positively to the longer-term probability of default. Our empirical analysis confirms these predictions …

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Bankruptcy Exemption of Repo Markets : Too Much Today for Too Little Tomorrow?

Acharya, Viral V.; Anshuman, V. Ravi; Viswanathan, S. - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024

-and-repurchase (repo) contracts. Exemption from an automatic stay in bankruptcy enables financial intermediaries to raise greater liquidity … and induces entry of intermediaries with higher leverage during normal times. This liquidity creation occurs, however, at …

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Zombie Lending : Theoretical, International and Historical Perspectives

Acharya, Viral V.; Crosignani, Matteo; Eisert, Tim; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022

This paper surveys the theory on zombie lending incentives and the consequences of zombie lending for the real economy. It also offers a historical perspective by reviewing the growing empirical evidence on zombie lending along three dimensions: (i) the role of under-capitalized banks, (ii)...

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Aggregate Risk and the Choice between Cash and Lines of Credit

Acharya, Viral V. - 2010

We argue that a firm's aggregate risk is a key determinant of whether it manages its future liquidity needs through … cash reserves or bank lines of credit. Banks create liquidity for firms by pooling their idiosyncratic risks. As a result … opportunity costs and liquidity premium. We verify our model's hypothesis empirically by showing that firms with high asset beta …

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Is Cash Negative Debt? A Hedging Perspective on Corporate Financial Policies

Acharya, Viral V. - 2005

We model the interplay between cash and debt policies in the presence of financial constraints. While saving cash allows financially constrained firms to hedge against future income shortfalls, reducing debt - "saving borrowing capacity" - is a more effective way of securing future investment in...

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