I develop a dynamic capital structure model in which shareholders determine a firm's leverage ratio, debt maturity, and … all the firm's cash flows and can pick a new capital structure. The possibility to alter the capital structure at maturity … gives shareholders the incentive to issue finite maturity debt and allows me to study firms' joint choice of leverage and …

We build a dynamic capital structure model to study the link between systematic risk exposure and debt maturity, as … the maturity structure. Relative to short-term debt, long-term debt is less prone to rollover risks, but its illiquidity … favour longer debt maturity, as well as a more stable maturity structure over the business cycle. Pro-cyclical debt maturity …

We document several facts about corporate debt maturity: (1) debt maturity is pro-cyclical; (2) higher-beta firms tend … to have longer debt maturity; (3) shorter maturity amplifies the sensitivity of credit spreads to aggregate shocks. We … build a dynamic capital structure model that explains these facts. In the model, leverage and maturity choices are highly …

This paper extends our knowledge of corporate debt maturity structure by examining whether and to what extent … overconfident CEOs affect maturity decisions. Consistent with a demand side story, we find that firms with overconfident CEOs tend … to adopt a shorter debt maturity structure by using a higher proportion of short-term debt (due within 12 months). This …

We propose a simple idea that corporate debt maturity should serve as a good indicator of future firm performance … debt maturity. If “observable” corporate debt maturity and ex ante “unobservable” corporate risk-taking is highly … correlated, corporate debt maturity should be highly correlated with “ex post” realized firm performance volatility in following …