We analyze how creditors' simultaneous debt and equity holdings affect firm investment policies. Firms with dual ownership are less likely to have capital expenditure restrictions in loan contracts and the relation varies in predicted ways with borrowers' monitoring needs and dual owners'...

This research seeks the effect of behavioural and non-behavioural factors of SME's owners and their business characteristic on the financing decisions. Moreover, this research categorized SMEs owners based on their behavioural aspects on establishing a behavioural mapping in SMEs industry. The...

The regulatory use of banks' internal models makes capital requirements more risk-sensitive but invites regulatory arbitrage. I develop a framework to study bank regulation with strategic selection of risk models. A bank supervisor can discourage arbitrage by auditing risk models, and implements...

We show that firms’ debt maturity structure plays an important role in investment above and beyond that of leverage. Firms with a longer debt maturity structure tend to invest more. These results are stronger for firms with high leverage, profitability, and growth potential. We rationalize our...

The article analyzes the impact of debt maturity structure and other factors on investment decisions of enterprises listed on the Vietnam’s stock market from 2010 to 2019. Data used in this study are acquired from the financial statements of 558 enterprises listed on both the Ho Chi Minh and...

The growing regulatory focus on quantifiable sustainable investing shifts investors’ demand towards impact products, thus challenging asset managers to align such portfolios with the primary target of outperformance. Using emission intensity, SDG, and green bonds, our study demonstrates the...