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Accelerated Investment and Credit Risk under a Low Interest Rate Environment: A Real Options Approach [PDF]

Empirical studies have found that a low interest rate environment accelerates firmsf investment and debt financing, leading to subsequent balance sheet problems in many countries in recent years. We examine the mechanism whereby firmfs debt financing and
Tetsuya Yamada
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Capital Age and Debt Maturity: Evidence from U.S. Public Firms on Asset Life and Financing Cycles

Review of Economic Analysis
This paper examines how firms' capital age and asset life influence their financing decisions, specifically focusing on debt maturity and leverage cycles. Using a comprehensive dataset of U.S. public firms from 1995 to 2023, we document that capital age
Kais Ben Mbarek
doaj  

Supply Chain Network, ESG Scores and Financial Performance

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper provides novel evidence on the role of supply chain networks in influencing firms' environmental, social and governance (ESG) scores and financial performance. Our analysis employs financial, board, ESG and supply chain data, resulting in an unbalanced panel of over 16,000 firm‐year observations from 3028 publicly traded US firms ...
Michail Filippidis, Renatas Kizys, Panagiotis Tzouvanas   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Heterogeneous multiple bank financing, optimal business risk and information disclosure [PDF]

, 2005
Small and medium-sized firms typically obtain capital via bank financing. They often rely on a mixture of relationship and arm’s-length banking. This paper explores the reasons for the dominance of heterogeneous multiple banking systems. We show that the
Bannier, Christina E.
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CEO Risk Orientation and Environmental Sustainability Disclosure: Managerial Discretion, Institutional Constraints, and Strategic Transparency

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines whether CEO risk orientation shapes environmental sustainability disclosure (ESD) and how institutional constraints condition this relationship. We argue that environmental disclosure constitutes a strategic exposure decision because greater transparency can increase regulatory scrutiny and stakeholder pressure.
Muhammad Jameel Hussain, R. M. Ammar Zahid, Yang Qian, Noha Alessa   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Debt Dynamics and Contingency Financing: Theoretical Reappraisal of the HIPC Initiative [PDF]

Sovereign debt management, External debt, Foreign aid, Growth models, Economic ...
Nissanke, Machiko, Ferrarini, Benno
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Climate Stress Testing on European SME Securitised Loans Under Climate Mitigation Scenarios

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Assessing the future impact of climate risks on the probability of default (PD) of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) is challenging due to limited disclosure, policy uncertainty and exposure to physical risks. This paper addresses this gap by integrating macroeconomic variables from the Network for Greening the Financial System (NGFS ...
Luca Zanin, Raffaella Calabrese
wiley   +1 more source

The response of firms‘ investment and financing to adverse cash flow shocks: the role of bank relationships [PDF]

We test whether firms with a single bank are better shielded from loss of credit and investment cuts in periods of adverse cash flow shocks than firms with multiple bank relationships.
Fuss, Catherine, Vermeulen, Philip
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ESG Governance and Employee Trust in the CEO: Strategic Complementarity in Firm Value

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines whether ESG governance and employee trust in the CEO jointly shape firm value. Using a panel of Korean listed firms from 2019 to 2021, we combine ESG governance evaluations, employee‐review‐based trust indicators, and both market‐based and accounting‐based outcomes.
Jaehyun Park
wiley   +1 more source

Green Finance, Digitalization, and Banks' Sustainable Business Model Innovations Toward Net‐Zero Transitions

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Financial capital is widely recognized as having the potential to provide investments needed for net‐zero transitions. While recent empirical studies reveal that financial digitalization and fintech have changed Chinese banks' loan portfolios and business models, they stem from credit restrictions on heavily polluting enterprises and from ...
Akihisa Mori
wiley   +1 more source