Financial Distress: Lifecycle and Corporate Restructuring

A firm's lifecycle consists of birth, growth, maturity and decline. We examine the strategies that firms choose when facing financial distress and present evidence that these choices are influenced by the corporate lifecycle. This influence is most pronounced in the choice of financial restruct...

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Main Authors: Koh, S., Durand, Robert, Dai, L., Chang, M.
Format: Journal Article
Published: Elsevier BV * North-Holland 2015
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/32734
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author Koh, S.
Durand, Robert
Dai, L.
Chang, M.
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Chang, M.
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description A firm's lifecycle consists of birth, growth, maturity and decline. We examine the strategies that firms choose when facing financial distress and present evidence that these choices are influenced by the corporate lifecycle. This influence is most pronounced in the choice of financial restructuring strategies such as reducing dividends or changing capital structure. We also examine if the way firms face financial distress affects the likelihood of recovery. We find that reducing investment and dividends are associated with recovery for all firms, but there is little influence of lifecycle.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-327342018-03-29T09:08:25Z Financial Distress: Lifecycle and Corporate Restructuring Koh, S. Durand, Robert Dai, L. Chang, M. Lifecycle theory Distance to default Financial distress Restructuring A firm's lifecycle consists of birth, growth, maturity and decline. We examine the strategies that firms choose when facing financial distress and present evidence that these choices are influenced by the corporate lifecycle. This influence is most pronounced in the choice of financial restructuring strategies such as reducing dividends or changing capital structure. We also examine if the way firms face financial distress affects the likelihood of recovery. We find that reducing investment and dividends are associated with recovery for all firms, but there is little influence of lifecycle. 2015 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/32734 10.1016/j.jcorpfin.2015.04.004 Elsevier BV * North-Holland restricted
spellingShingle Lifecycle theory
Distance to default
Financial distress
Restructuring
Koh, S.
Durand, Robert
Dai, L.
Chang, M.
Financial Distress: Lifecycle and Corporate Restructuring
title Financial Distress: Lifecycle and Corporate Restructuring
title_full Financial Distress: Lifecycle and Corporate Restructuring
title_fullStr Financial Distress: Lifecycle and Corporate Restructuring
title_full_unstemmed Financial Distress: Lifecycle and Corporate Restructuring
title_short Financial Distress: Lifecycle and Corporate Restructuring
title_sort financial distress: lifecycle and corporate restructuring
topic Lifecycle theory
Distance to default
Financial distress
Restructuring
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/32734