Corporate Debt Maturity Profiles

Josef Zechner, Jaewon Choi and Dirk Hackbarth

No 12289, CEPR Discussion Papers from C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers

Abstract: We study a novel aspect of a firm's capital structure, namely the profile of its debt maturity dates. In a simple theoretical framework we show that the dispersion of debt maturities constitutes an important dimension of capital structure choice, driven by firm characteristics and debt rollover risk. Guided by these predictions we establish two main empirical results. First, using an exogenous shock to rollover risk, we document a significant increase in maturity dispersion for firms that need to roll over maturing debt. Second, we find strong support that maturities of newly issued debt are influenced by pre-existing maturity profiles.

Keywords: Capital structure; Debt structure; Debt maturity (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: G13 G31 G32 G33 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017-09
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