Financial distress, refinancing, and debt structure

Evan Dudley and Qie Ellie Yin

Journal of Banking & Finance, 2018, vol. 94, issue C, 185-207

Abstract: We examine changes in debt structure when firms experience financial distress. At these points in time, firms refinance and undergo substantial changes in priority structure. Specifically, we find that firms diversify their priority structure relative to its pre-distress composition. We show, using a simple model, that these changes are the firm's optimal response to its joint liquidity and investment needs. Additional predictions on the yield spreads of bonds issued to meet the firm's liquidity needs are also supported by the data.

Keywords: Capital structure; Debt structure; Credit downgrade; Priority spreading; Priority structure; Liquidity shock (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: G32 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jbankfin.2018.07.004

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