Cheng, Ing-Haw; Milbradt, Konstantin - In: Review of Financial Studies 25 (2012) 4, pp. 1070-1110
We investigate the trade-off between incentive provision and inefficient rollover freezes for a firm financed with short-term debt. First, debt maturity that is too short-term is inefficient, even with incentive provision. The optimal maturity is an interior solution that avoids excessive...