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Volume-based liquidity ratios suffer from potential measurement bias due to share restriction and may misrepresent … actual liquidity. In this paper, we develop a modified metric, the free-float liquidity ratio. We argue that this measure is … better suited to estimate liquidity in the presence of trading constraints as can be found in family-owned businesses or …
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highlights the importance of liquidity spirals that arise from the interaction of search frictions and endogenous credit …
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This study investigates the relationship between stock liquidity and frm innovation for publicly traded growing small … demonstrate a signifcant positive relationship between stock liquidity and both innovation input, as measured by R&D investments … results. Increased liquidity enhances SMEs' innovation mainly by alleviating fnancial constraints, whereas the mediating efect …
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This paper examines stock liquidity in explaining the mixed relations between financial constraints and stock returns … and the pricing of stock liquidity across financially constrained and unconstrained firms. We find a negative relation in … liquid portfolios and a positive relation in illiquid portfolios. Financially constrained firms have higher liquidity risk …
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This paper specifically examine how the extent of the distress puzzle differs according to the degree of mispricing and short sale constraints. We find that the distress puzzle observed for overpriced stocks, not for underpriced stocks, becomes insignificant after adjustment for short sale...
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This paper specifically examine how the extent of the distress puzzle differs according to the degree of mispricing and short sale constraints. We find that the distress puzzle observed for overpriced stocks, not for underpriced stocks, becomes insignificant after adjustment for short sale...
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I examine the role of sell-side debt analyst reports in the corporate bond market for financially distressed firms. Debt analysts are not subject to the same conflict-of-interest regulations as equity analysts, and for this reason it is an open question whether the primary function of debt...
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We develop a theoretical model quantifying how firm-level pandemic exposure and sentiment, as informational shocks, affect a firm’s credit spread and default risk. Consistent with model predictions, we find significantly positive impacts on single-name credit default swap (CDS) spreads from...
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Assuming benevolent managers, the debt-overhang problem suggests that distressed firms generally refrain from issuing equity. In contrast, agency theory predicts that distressed firm managers have strong self-interests to finance even deteriorating projects through equity issuance. This paper...
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