This paper aims to investigate the determinants of corporate debt maturity structure using a panel of Tunisian and … long-term debts. We find that market timing has no significant impact on the debt maturity choice. We document also that … debt maturity is positively related to asset maturity and leverage. The portion of long-term debt decreases with growth …

(leverage) and the term of the debt contract (debt maturity). However, little is known about the theoretical interdependence … between leverage and debt maturity. Furthermore, leverage and debt maturity are treated independently in most empirical … between leverage and debt maturity in both the Australia and the US capital markets. Our theoretical model, which builds upon …

This paper explores the determinants of debt maturity for a sample of 3306 non-financial listed firms from thirteen … opportunities, size, tax, firm value volatility, quality, rating, assets maturity and leverage. The model also includes independent … of firm-level variables on firm debt maturity, with the exception of tax and growth opportunities. The results also …

We study to what extent firms spread out their debt maturity dates across time, which we call granularity of corporate … single large one, firms may diversify debt rollovers across maturity dates. We construct granularity measures using data on … in granularity in that many firms have either very concentrated or highly dispersed maturity structures. Second, our …

We examine the empirical determinants of debt-maturity structure of 266 firms listed on the KSE over the period 2000 to … influence on debt-maturity structure. Our results lend unambiguous support to the maturity-matching hypothesis as debt-maturity … varies inversely with operating activities and directly with the maturity of long-lived assets. Finally, we find evidence …