Globalization has precipitated movement of output and employment between regions. We examine factors related to corporate financial distress across three continents. Using a multidimensional definition of financial distress we test three hypotheses to explain financial distress using historical...

Globalization has precipitated movement of output and employment between regions. How similar are companies in different regions following this dramatic shift in economic activity? Corporate comparisons to test global convergence could be made along numerous dimensions. We look at firms along...

The finance market has undergone rapid change in developed Western economies in the last decade. In much of Europe the concentrated finance market in which a small group of banks controlled the flow of finance to large and small companies has given way to a dispersed creditor economy. In both...