Macroeconomic Risk and Debt Overhang*

Since corporate debt tends to be riskier in recessions, transfers from equity holders to debt holders that accompany corporate decisions also tend to concentrate in recessions. Such systematic risk exposures of debt overhang have important implications for corporate investment and financing decision...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Chen, Hui, Manso, Gustavo
Other Authors: Sloan School of Management
Format: Article
Published: Oxford University Press (OUP) 2019
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/120820
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9605-641X