We investigate how a combination of limited liability and preexisting debt distort firms' investment and equity payout decisions. We show that equity holders have incentives to "double-sell" cash flows in default, leading to overinvestment, provided that the firm has preexisting debt and the...

This paper investigates the effect of purchases of U.S. Treasury bonds by foreigners on long-term yields and the term-premium. I set up a consumption-based model with habit preferences, calibrate it to match the average slope of the yield curve in the U.S., and find that foreign purchases...