The leverage and debt maturity decisions of real estate firms are related. However, most empirical capital structure studies implicitly assume that they are made independently. We explore both these dimensions of capital structure in US real estate companies and REITs and find that leverage and...

We examine the determinants of debt maturity in the Australian capital market. The validity of traditional maturity theories is empirically examined using the Top 400 firms listed on the Australian Stock Exchange for the period 1996-2005. We find that Australian firms consider transaction costs...

Corporate capital structure choices have at least two dimensions that need to be determined: the amount of debt (leverage) and the term of the debt contract (debt maturity). However, little is known about the theoretical interdependence between leverage and debt maturity. Furthermore, leverage...