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theory are in line with a number of empirical results, which seem to stay in contrast to existing theories on capital …
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analysis provides an explanation for why some firms only use little debt financing. Predictions made by our theory are in line …
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analysis provides an explanation for why some firms only use little debt financing. Predictions made by our theory are in line …
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investment. We test these predictions using a sample of U.S. firms and present new evidence that supports our theory …
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Using Dutch data we empirically investigate how financing and innovation vary across firm characteristics. We find that when firms face financial constraints, debt financing and innovation choices are not independent of firm characteristics, and R&D slows down. In the absence of financial...
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We offer evidence of a new stylized feature of corporate financing decisions: the tendency of managers to rely more on debt financing when earnings prospects are poor. We term this 'leaning against the wind' and consider three possible explanations: market timing, precautionary financing, and...
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The paper reviews and interprets capital structure theory in a stylized way and explains the conceptual issues … assumptions of the theory. Specific attention is paid to the important issues concerning the capital structure of firms in … transition economies. By reconciling empirical evidence with theory practical strategies for managing capital structure in …
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-cycle theory of debt maturity …
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This paper develops a model with the novel feature that firms can renegotiate debt both in and outside distress. We show that this feature is crucial for debt renegotiation models to explain corporate policies and debt prices. Specifically, the model reflects empirical credit spread patterns,...
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