This paper identifies an externality of a firm's unionization that affects the capital structure decisions of other, non-unionized firms within a local labor market. We find that union victory in a firm leads non-unionized firms to increase their market leverage ratio by 0.9 to 1.3 percentage...

We document that a firm's ability to substitute automated capital for labor is an important determinant of corporate financial policy. Using a novel occupational measure for labor's susceptibility to automation, we show that firms with a more substitutable workforce hold less cash, use more...

Recent empirical studies find that options trading enhances firm value by allowing for a more efficient allocation of firm resources. In this paper, we develop and test the hypothesis that, in addition to a more efficient allocation of firm resources, options trading also enhances firm value...