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Stock price crash risk and leverage dynamics: Evidence from the GCC countries

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  • Ramzi Benkraiem

    (Audencia Business School)

  • Hamdi Ben-Nasr
  • Salem Nechi
  • Hatem Rjiba

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This paper examines the impact of stock price crash risk on capital structure dynamics using a sample of firms located in the GCC region. The results show that a higher exposure to stock price crash risk is associated with a lower speed of leverage adjustments toward target. We also find that this relation is more pronounced for over-levered firms compared to their under-levered peers. Our results withstand several sensitivity tests including, using alternative proxies for main dependent and independent variables, and ruling out endogeneity concerns, among other.
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  • Ramzi Benkraiem & Hamdi Ben-Nasr & Salem Nechi & Hatem Rjiba, 2023. "Stock price crash risk and leverage dynamics: Evidence from the GCC countries," Post-Print hal-04080885, HAL.
    • Handle: RePEc:hal:journl:hal-04080885
    DOI: 10.1016/j.frl.2023.103688
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    1. Sun, Guanglin & Wang, Jiawei & Ai, Yongfang, 2024. "The impact of government green subsidies on stock price crash risk," Energy Economics, Elsevier, vol. 134(C).
    2. Zou, Qifeng & Zhang, Yanliang, 2025. "The impact of financial technology advancement on stock crash risk: An Analysis of the mediating effect of information transparency," Finance Research Letters, Elsevier, vol. 71(C).
    3. Kumar, Satish, 2024. "Bankruptcy law and the leverage speed of adjustment," Finance Research Letters, Elsevier, vol. 66(C).
    4. MVK, Jagannath & Ladkani, Radha Mukesh, 2024. "Bankruptcy spillovers and stock price crash risk of non-bankrupt firms," Finance Research Letters, Elsevier, vol. 69(PB).
    5. Umar, Muhammad & Mirza, Nawazish & Ribeiro-Navarrete, Samuel, 2023. "The impact of financial restatements on sell-side recommendation accuracy," Finance Research Letters, Elsevier, vol. 55(PA).
    6. Su, Shiwei & Jia, Songbo & Shi, Guangping, 2023. "Leverage adjustment behaviors and stock price crash risk," Finance Research Letters, Elsevier, vol. 56(C).
    7. Yunqi Fan & Yanwei Zhang, 2024. "Consequences of firm-specific stock price crashes on analyst forecasts: Evidence from China," Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, Palgrave Macmillan, vol. 11(1), pages 1-15, December.

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    JEL classification:

    • G14 - Financial Economics - - General Financial Markets - - - Information and Market Efficiency; Event Studies; Insider Trading
    • G32 - Financial Economics - - Corporate Finance and Governance - - - Financing Policy; Financial Risk and Risk Management; Capital and Ownership Structure; Value of Firms; Goodwill

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