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We show that creditors do not just ensure that inefficient investment is not undertaken, but also do not preclude efficient investment. Examining what happens following a debt covenant violation, a situation through which creditors acquire some control rights over the firm, we find that...
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bond covenants. Using comprehensive debt covenant information for a sample of Yankee bonds issued by firms from more than … restrictive covenants. This finding suggests that creditor rights laws substitute for debt covenants in reducing the agency cost … include more covenants, suggesting that greater shareholder rights may actually increase the shareholder-bondholder agency …
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covenant violation, debt covenants are frequently renegotiated. These renegotiations primarily relax existing restrictions and … result in economically large changes in existing limits. Renegotiations of specific covenants are a response to both the …
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We document that the corporate sector faces higher borrowing costs when the external debt of the public sector is higher. By contrast, no significant relationship is found between domestic public debt and corporate borrowing costs. An increase in sovereign debt by one standard deviation from its...
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