-listed firms across the globe. We attempt to do so using the Global Climate Risk Index compiled and published by Germanwatch (Kreft … flows. Consistent with policies that attempt to moderate such effects, we show that firms located in countries characterized … resilience to climatic threats. Those firms also tend to have less short-term debt but more long-term debt, and to be less likely …

China. Egocentric lending networks are constructed using the public loan announcements of firms listed on China's two stock … period of 2007 to 2012. The study demonstrates that large, high-growth firms and firms with low leverage are more likely to … have less-constrained lending networks. In contrast, highly indebted firms with poor performance tend to have more …

The study investigated the relationship between capital structure and profitability of listed non-financial firms in … non-financial firms. The general least square technique was used as the estimation technique for the study. Financial … statements of the selected firms were also used to extract data for the study. Ratios such as return on assets, return on equity …

2014 till 2017 from 12 official audit firms located in Beirut-Lebanon. Additionally, generalized least squares (GLS) method …

We study the leverage of U.S. firms over their life cycles and the connection between firm leverage, firm growth, and … aggregate shocks. We construct a new dataset that combines private and public firms’ balance sheets with firm-level data from U ….S. Census Bureau’s Longitudinal Business Database for the period 2005–12. Public and private firms exhibit different leverage …