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The Determinants of the Maturity of Corporate Debt Issues

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 Guedes, Jose
Opler, Tim
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The authors document the determinants of the term to maturity of 7,369 bonds and notes issued between 1982 and 1993. Their main finding is that large firms with investment grade credit ratings typically borrow at the short end and at the long end of the maturity spectrum, while firms with speculative grade credit ratings typically borrow in the middle of the maturity spectrum. This pattern is consistent with the theory that risky firms do not issue short-term debt in order to avoid inefficient liquidation, but are screened out of the long-term debt market because of the prospect of risky asset substitution. Copyright 1996 by American Finance Association.

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Volume (Year): 51 (1996)
Issue (Month): 5 (December)
Pages: 1809-33
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