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 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 …