We model corporate liquidity policy and show that aggregate risk exposure is a key determinant of how firms choose between cash and bank credit lines. Banks create liquidity for firms by pooling their idiosyncratic risks. As a result, firms with high aggregate risk find it costly to get credit...

The interaction of capital and risk for trading and treasury units is of primary interest in the corporate governance of banks as it links operational profitability and strategic risk management. During the financial crisis, several banks' trading units suffered significantly higher losses than...

We develop a dynamic model of investment, capital structure, leasing, and risk management based on firms' need to collateralize promises to pay with tangible assets. Both financing and risk management involve promises to pay subject to collateral constraints. Leasing is strongly collateralized...

The present study is a comparative study between modern investment tools and old investment tools. The study has been conducted in Rajasthan (India) and therefore the old tools of investment available in Rajasthan have been identified and compared with the modern tools. The primary purpose of...

Both financing and risk management involve promises to pay that need to be collateralized, resulting in a financing versus risk management trade-off. We study this trade-off in a dynamic model of commodity price risk management and show that risk management is limited and that more financially...

This is a proposal for a new type of fund for financing small and medium-sized enterprises, which can also provide a safe form of investment with good rates of return for small private investors and create a revenue stream for government

This study identifies and empirically assesses the relationship between ESG reputational risk and corporate payouts. We provide robust evidence that ESG reputational risk stimulates higher payouts and that the presence of strong (weak) monitoring mechanisms amplifies (attenuates) this...

Both financing and risk management involve promises to pay that need to be collateralized, resulting in a financing versus risk management trade-off. We study this trade-off in a dynamic model of commodity price risk management and show that risk management is limited and that more financially...

This paper investigates the extent to which corporate cash holdings protect firms from the adverse consequences of shocks to their borrowing cost. It develops a dynamic model of corporate investment and financing decisions subject to real and financial frictions. The calibrated model matches the...