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During the COVID-19 market crash, U.S. stocks with higher institutional ownership -- in particular, those held more by active, short-term, and more exposed institutions -- performed worse. Portfolio changes through the first quarter of 2020 reveal that institutional investors prioritized...
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leverage effect …
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We revisit the relation between equity returns and financial leverage through the lens of a trade-off model with costly … returns depend on whether a firm's leverage is above or below its target leverage. The data support the model predictions …. Controlling for leverage, overlevered (underlevered) firms earn higher (lower) returns. Controlling for target leverage the …
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Using a dynamic model of financing, investment, and macroeconomic risk, we investigate when firms sell assets to fund investments (financing asset sales) across the business cycle. Equity financed investment transfers wealth from equity to debt because asset volatility declines and earnings...
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We build a model of investment and financing decisions to study the choice between bonds and bank loans in a firm's marginal financing decision and its effects on corporate investment. We show that firms with more growth options, higher bargaining power in default, operating in more competitive...
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We develop a dynamic model of banking to assess the effects of liquidity and leverage requirements on banks' insolvency … requirements with leverage requirements reduces drastically both the likelihood of default and the magnitude of bank losses in …
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Is bank- versus market-based financing different in its attitudes towards Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) risk? Using a novel sample covering 3,783 U.S. public firms from 2007 to 2020, we study how firm-level ESG risk affects its financing outcomes. We find that companies with higher...
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formed and how they impact leverage and debt maturity choices. In the model, lending relationships evolve through repeated … interactions between firms and debt investors. Stronger lending relationships lead firms to adopt higher leverage ratios, issue …
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How does product life cycle affect investment and financing? To answer this question, we structurally estimate a dynamic model where the firm chooses product portfolio characteristics that influence cash flow dynamics and shape corporate policies. In the model, the firm trades off higher...
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reduce adverse selection and improve the pricing of newly issued debt. Over time, the benefits of learning decrease and zero-leverage …
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