We analyse a sample of 6 million firm-year observations of large corporations and small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) spanning 6 European countries from 2005 to 2015, to determine the impact of leverage and different sources of funding on default risk. We find that financial leverage has a...

Do changes in the marginal tax rate of corporations affect their investment? Using a unique dataset on balance sheet and income of firms from 1956-2008 and a new measure of exogenous changes in corporations marginal tax rate, this paper shows that the investment response of large firms to a...