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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 ...
Fishing in muddy waters: mergers and acquisitions during uncertainty
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2022-10-26)
Using the COVID-19 pandemic as an exogenous shock, we examine whether
firms engage in opportunistic mergers and acquisitions during uncertainty. Par-
ticularly, we analyze the inorganic growth strategies of acquiring ...