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Debt maturity, Liquidity risk, Cost of debt, Political Corruption, Diversification, Political Risk, Corporate Investments, Profitability, Internal Capital, Political Donation
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Mapping The Impacts Of Political Risk In Corporate Finance: A Firm-Level Diversification And Debt-Maturity Perspective, Mohammad Sydul Karim
Mapping The Impacts Of Political Risk In Corporate Finance: A Firm-Level Diversification And Debt-Maturity Perspective, Mohammad Sydul Karim
University of New Orleans Theses and Dissertations
In the first chapter, using political corruption conviction data from the U.S. Department of Justice, I examine the impact of local corruption on firms’ debt maturity structure while exploring both demand-side and supply-side explanations. My results support the demand-side story and indicate that firms located in high corruption areas utilize less short-term debt to mitigate liquidity and refinancing risks. Consistent with this, I find the effect is more pronounced among firms with smaller size, lower asset redeployability, and higher volatility. My findings remain robust to the inclusion of an array of controls expected to influence debt maturity preferences as well …