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The effects of reporting standards and information sharing on loan contracting: cross-country evidence
(Cogent Economics & Finance, 2020)
Institutional factors that enhance the quality of financial reporting and sharing of credit information can alleviate informational gaps between contracting parties and improve loan contract terms. Using cross-country data ...
Understanding the government’s attempt to transform attitudes towards a critical resource: gold monetization in India
(Resources Policy, 2020)
We examine the Indian government's attempts to transform consumer attitudes towards a critical mineral asset in order to bring a part of 25,000 tonnes of privately held gold back into economic circulation through the Gold ...
Essays on financial intermediation
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2020)
We present three essays on financial intermediation in this dissertation. The first essay examines the credit risk choices of the public sector banks (PSBs) in India with novel data that identifies borrowers with their ...
Insolvency regimes and firms' default risk under economic uncertainty and shocks
(Economic Modelling, 2020-06-18)
One of the arguments often advanced for implementing a stronger insolvency and bankruptcy framework is that it enhances credit discipline among firms. Using a large cross-country firm-level dataset, we empirically test ...
Government responses, business continuity, and management sentiment: impact on debt financing during COVID-19
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2021-04-03)
We examine how the government responses, amenability to remote working, and managerial outlook associated with COVID-19 influence debt financing by firms around the world. We find that the propensity and the amount of loan ...
Pandemic panic? effects of health system capacity on firm confidence during COVID-19
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2021-07-02)
In this study, we examine the impact of health system capacity and government responses on firms’ business confidence in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Using a sample of firm-level data from 53 countries, we find that ...
Risk-sensitive Basel regulations and firms' access to credit: direct and indirect effects
(Elsevier, 2021-03-09)
This paper examines the impact of risk-sensitive Basel regulations on debt financing of firms around the world. It investigates how firms cope with the impact through adjustments to their financing sources and capital ...