Wong, Wing Keung - In: Cogent Economics & Finance 10 (2022) 1, pp. 1-22
the VIX index has a positive impact on the leverage of the corporate market. We also find robust evidence that the US …-listed firms tend to use more market leverage in the future year when the VIX index ascends. Furthermore, we find a more prominent … positive effect of the change in the VIX index on the long-term market leverage than the short-term market leverage. Different …