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FINANCE RESEARCH LETTERS
Volume 59, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1016/j.frl.2023.104718
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Macroeconomic announcement Financial constraints Stock value KZ index Altman's Z-score Unemployment
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This study finds that small, low-credit quality, and financially distressed companies are more vulnerable to labor market changes, resulting in a deterioration in equity value.
We examine how firms' equity value, financing and credit quality respond to changing macroeconomic indicators. We provide evidence that the value of small, low-credit quality, and financially distressed companies are more vulnerable to labor market changes. Our findings show that the equity value of U.S. companies deteriorates when the economy experiences increased cost of capital from an inflation hike, a decrease in domestic output, and uncertainty in the labor market. Our findings are robust to changes in the sample period and after controlling for disparities across industries, states, and firms.
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