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sensitivities are particularly intense for unconstrained firms with high hedging needs. Investment opportunities (as proxied by Q …), however, play a larger role for constrained firms with the effects being strongest in case of low hedging needs. Interestingly …, constrained firms with low hedging needs are found to employ more debt to finance their investment opportunities and build up …
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. Therefore, as a description of prevailing practice, we conclude that swap positions are not economically significant in hedging …
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compliance with the interest rate risk regulation. Although hedging motives dominate, we find selective hedging behavior in swap …
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the interest rate risk regulation. Although hedging motives dominate, we find selective hedging behavior in swap use …
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, we conclude that swap positions are not economically significant in hedging the interest rate risk of bank assets …
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Over the past two decades, banks have increasingly focused on offering contingent credit in the form of credit lines as a primary means of corporate borrowing. We review the existing body of research regarding the rationales for banks' provision of liquidity insurance in the form of credit...
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This paper investigates whether firm managers time debt issuances according to market liquidity conditions. Using transactions data in the U.S. market from July 2002 to December 2009, our results show that both the moment and volume of debt issuance are significantly associated with periods of...
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We investigate how transient institutional ownership influences the level and value of cash holdings. We show that transient institutional ownership has a positive effect on cash holdings, and this linkage is more pronounced when stock and credit market conditions are less favorable. Using a...
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unconstrained firms. Also, there is strong evidence that cash stands as a serious hedging device for firms mainly during the crisis …
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