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| العنوان: |
Corporate Bankruptcy and Directors' Reputation: An Empirical Analysis of the Effects on Public Debt Contracts. |
| المؤلفون: |
Gatti, Stefano, Ivanova, Mariya N., Pündrich, Gabriel |
| المصدر: |
Journal of Accounting, Auditing & Finance; Oct2023, Vol. 38 Issue 4, p777-803, 27p, 10 Charts |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: |
CORPORATE image, CORPORATE bankruptcy, PUBLIC debts, BUSINESS enterprises, CORPORATE directors, COUNTERPARTY risk, REPUTATION |
| مصطلحات جغرافية: |
UNITED States |
| مستخلص: |
This article investigates the link between board members' past professional experiences and the terms and conditions of the debt contracts of their current firms. In particular, we examine whether directors' past bankruptcy experience affects the pricing and nonpricing terms of public debt contracts. Using a sample of 8,142 bond issues in the United States in the period 1995 to 2015, we document higher credit spreads and smaller bond sizes for firms with such directors, suggesting that bondholders are concerned about past bankruptcy experience. Our results remain robust to different model specifications. This effect is moderated for bankruptcies that are likely driven by macroeconomic shocks such as the dotcom bubble and the global financial crisis. We also show that our findings are not explained by bond issuers with an elevated risk of default and seem instead to be driven by directors serving on key monitoring committees, indicating that prior bankruptcy experience raises concerns about the company's corporate governance. Finally, mediation analysis offers some evidence of a limited negative indirect effect of prior bankruptcy experience on the terms of debt contracts through the firm's financial and investment policies. Overall, our findings suggest that lenders incorporate information about past professional experiences of directors into public debt contracting. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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