scholarly journals On the Role of Debt Maturity in a Model with Sovereign Risk and Financial Frictions

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sttphane Auray ◽  
Aurrlien Eyquem
Keyword(s):  
Financial Frictions ◽  
Debt Maturity ◽  
Sovereign Risk

scholarly journals ON THE ROLE OF DEBT MATURITY IN A MODEL WITH SOVEREIGN RISK AND FINANCIAL FRICTIONS

2017 ◽  
Vol 23 (5) ◽  
pp. 2114-2131
Author(s):  
Stéphane Auray ◽  
Aurélien Eyquem
Keyword(s):  
Public Debt ◽  
Default Risk ◽  
Financial Frictions ◽  
Sovereign Default ◽  
Debt Maturity ◽  
Sovereign Risk ◽  
Fiscal Consolidation ◽  
Positive Effects ◽  
Sovereign Default Risk

We develop a model with financial frictions and sovereign default risk wherein the maturity of public debt is allowed to be larger than one period. When the debt portfolio has longer average maturities, public debt increases less in the event of a crisis, reducing the size of the subsequent fiscal consolidation through distorsionary taxes or public spending, with positive effects on welfare. In addition, we provide some results suggesting that optimized fiscal responses to a crisis depend on the average maturity of the debt portfolio.

Accounting Conservatism and Firm Growth Financed by External Debt

2016 ◽  
Vol 32 (2) ◽  
pp. 182-208 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tony Kang ◽  
Gerald J. Lobo ◽  
Michael C. Wolfe
Keyword(s):  
Firm Growth ◽  
Positive Relationship ◽  
External Debt ◽  
Debt Maturity ◽  
Accounting Conservatism ◽  
Debt Contracting ◽  
Conservative Accounting ◽  
Agency Risk

Previous research shows that accounting conservatism facilitates debt contracting. Extending this line of literature, we examine whether the role of accounting conservatism in accessing external debt to attain firm growth varies with its maturity. We find evidence of a positive relationship between conservatism and debt maturity. We also observe a positive relationship between conservative accounting and future growth funded by all classes of debt, but this relation is due to long-term rather than short-term debt, which is less prone to agency risk. Furthermore, the associations between conservatism and debt maturity and conservatism and growth financed by long-term debt are mostly observed for firms with fewer anti-takeover provisions in place. These findings suggest that the demand for accounting conservatism is not uniform across different debt maturity horizons.

Labor lawsuits and debt maturity

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Omer Unsal
Keyword(s):  
Chief Executive ◽  
Debt Maturity ◽  
Employee Relations ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Negative Effect ◽  
Debt Market ◽  
Legal Fees

Purpose This paper aims to investigate how firms’ relationships with employees define their debt maturity. The authors empirically test the role of employee litigations in influencing firms’ choice of short-term versus long-term debt. The authors study employee relations by analyzing the importance of the workplace environment on capital structure. Design/methodology/approach The author’s test hypotheses using a sample of US publicly traded firms between 2000 and 2017, including 3,056 unique firms with 4,256 unique chief executive officer, adopting the fixed effect panel model. Findings The authors document that employee litigations have a significant negative effect on the use of short-term debt and a significant positive affect on long-term debt. Employee litigations, along with legal fees, outcomes and charging parties, matter the most in explaining debt maturity. In addition, frequently sued firms abandon the short-term debt market and use less shareholders’ equity to finance their operations while relying more on the longer debt market. Originality/value To the best of the authors’ knowledge, this is the first study to examine the role of employee mistreatment in debt maturity choice. The study extends the lawsuit and finance literature by examining unique, hand-collected data sets of employee lawsuits, allegations, violations, settlements, charging parties, case outcomes and case durations.

Multidimensional Assessment of Economies by the Level of Sovereign Risk Premium

2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 (2) ◽  
pp. 3-27
Author(s):  
Sergey Drobyshevsky ◽  
Pavel Trunin ◽  
Lyudmila Gadiy ◽  
Mariya Chembulatova
Keyword(s):  
Monetary Policy ◽  
Risk Premium ◽  
International Market ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Credit Default Swaps ◽  
Sovereign Risk ◽  
Political Risks ◽  
Credit Default ◽  
Monetary Authorities

The analysis of the international market for credit default swaps (CDS) shows that the interdependence of sovereign CDS spreads is increasing and the market remains segmented. However, the reduction in the variation of sovereign CDS spreads means increased competition for capital and should be taken into account by monetary authorities of developed countries when they tighten monetary policy. The article shows a significant role of political risks in determining the level of sovereign risk.

Corporate diversification, debt maturity structures and firm value: The role of geographic segment data

2019 ◽  
Vol 74 ◽  
pp. 206-219
Author(s):  
Kingsley O. Olibe ◽  
Zabihollah Rezaee ◽  
James Flagg ◽  
Richard Ott
Keyword(s):  
Firm Value ◽  
Debt Maturity ◽  
Corporate Diversification ◽  
Segment Data

scholarly journals Interest Rates, Leverage, and Business Cycles in Emerging Economies: The Role of Financial Frictions

2015 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 153-188 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrés Fernández ◽  
Adam Gulan
Keyword(s):  
Business Cycles ◽  
Interest Rates ◽  
Open Economy ◽  
Emerging Economies ◽  
Financial Frictions ◽  
Small Open Economy ◽  
Financial Data ◽  
Cycle Model ◽  
Business Cycle Model

Countercyclical country interest rates have been shown to be an important characteristic of business cycles in emerging markets. In this paper we provide a microfounded rationale for this pattern by linking interest rate spreads to the dynamics of corporate leverage. For this purpose we embed a financial accelerator into a business cycle model of a small open economy and estimate it on a novel panel dataset for emerging economies that merges macroeconomic and financial data. The model accounts well for the empirically observed countercyclicality of interest rates and leverage, as well as for other stylized facts. (JEL E13, E32, E43, E44, F41, O11)

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