This paper shows the relevance of the financial crisis on firm- and country-level determinants on debt maturity … structure for 39 countries during the period 1995-2012. Corporate debt maturity declined during the financial crisis. However …, the financial crisis had a positive effect on the corporate debt maturity of smaller firms. Cross-firm and cross …

This paper studies the effect of risk-taking incentives provided in managerial compensation on corporate debt maturity … and managerial risk-taking incentives. We find that treated firms significantly increased debt maturity relative to …

leverage and debt maturity determine the sensitivity of firms' investment decisions to financial shocks. We show that the …

We provide evidence on leverage and debt maturity targeting in a large international setting. There are key differences …

This paper examines ways to summarize the maturity structure of public debts using a small number of parameters. We …) more accurately describes changes in debt maturity for these six countries and 2) gives a quite different interpretation of … historical debt maturity. Our work can be applied not just to analyze past debt movements, but - because parameter estimates are …