The COVID-19 Impact on Corporate Leverage and Financial Fragility /

We study the impact of the COVID-19 recession on capital structure of publicly listed U.S. firms. Our estimates suggest leverage (Net Debt/Asset) decreased by 5.3 percentage points from the pre-shock mean of 19.6 percent, while debt maturity increased moderately. This de-leveraging effect is stronge...

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Egile nagusia: Haque, Sharjil
Beste egile batzuk: Varghese, Richard
Formatua: Aldizkaria
Hizkuntza:English
Argitaratua: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2021.
Saila:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2021/265
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Sarrera elektronikoa:Full text available on IMF