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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Autore principale: Haque, Sharjil
Altri autori: Varghese, Richard
Natura: Periodico
Lingua:English
Pubblicazione: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2021.
Serie:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2021/265
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Accesso online:Full text available on IMF