This research studies the implications of short term debt for firm investment decisions on a sample of U.S. non-financial firms from 1985-2011. We argue that short term debt does not always help to reduce the overhang cost of leverage as is the case in Myers (1977) model. Our empirical results...

We document the negative effect of stock liquidity on default risk for a sample of 46 countries. We further find that default risk declines following the introduction of the Directive on Markets in Financial Instruments (MiFID)—an exogenous shock that increases liquidity. The effect of...

We find that the threat of takeover has a negative relation with default risk. The result is robust to alternative estimation methods, different measures of default, exclusion of the financial crisis period and over a number of sub-periods. We identify improvement in performance and earnings...

We examine the effect of firms’ carbon risk management practices on their credit risk. Using difference-in-differences analysis based on two quasi exogenous events involving the 2015 Paris Climate Agreement and the staggered implementation of US state climate adaptation plans, we find that...

We examine how firms’ carbon risk management practices influence market assessment of their credit risk. Using two quasi-exogenous events involving the 2015 Paris Climate Agreement and the staggered implementation of US state climate adaptation plans, we find that stronger carbon risk...