We conduct a systematic review of the international research on the determinants and
consequences of debt maturity structure in the accounting, finance, and corporate …

Historically, bubbles are followed by crashes, which in turn are followed by punitive
legislation. The 1999–2003 era is fully consistent with this pattern….(Coffee, 2003a, p. 46) …

In this paper, we examine the potential interactions of corporate financing and investment
decisions in the presence of incentive problems. We develop a system‐based approach to …

This paper explains both capital-structure and debt-maturity choices for SMEs in terms of
institutional differences at the local level, making use of regions as the unit of analysis …

This study highlights the corporate governance potential of debt maturity structure for Turkish
firms through investigating its association with ownership and control structure. We model …

This study investigates the potential simultaneous relationships among leverage, debt
maturity and cash holdings and how these jointly affect financial policy and firms' investment …

Short-term debt can reduce potential agency conflicts between managers and shareholders
by exposing managers to more frequent monitoring by the credit market. Using an …

Abstract Using the Sarbanes–Oxley Act (SOX) as an exogenous shock to board structure,
we identify internal monitoring via board independence and estimate its impact on corporate …