We examine the determinants of underwriter spreads on straight/fixed rate Eurobonds issued by U.S. firms between 1990 and 1998. We find that underwriter spreads are influenced by: (i) the governing law as it influences the timely and orderly renegotiation of contract terms, with bonds governed...

This paper examines the impact of bank monitoring on loan pricing and maturity using new proxies for monitoring ability based on the labor input into the monitoring process as well as traditional output-based measures of monitoring. We show, in out-of-sample tests, that an input-based monitoring...

This paper examines the determinants of the currency denomination of debt decision of Australian and New Zealand firms and compares it with that of Asian firms around the 1997 Asian crisis. Unlike existing research, our model of currency choice controls for location choice, and includes firm and...

This paper examines the importance of legal rights and enforcement in influencing property-casualty insurance consumption. We extend the existing literature by examining the role of legal factors in determining insurance density across countries. Also, measures of risk aversion, loss probability...