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JOURNAL OF FINANCE
Volume 65, Issue 3, Pages 993-1028Publisher
WILEY-BLACKWELL
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6261.2010.01559.x
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We argue that time variation in the maturity of corporate debt arises because firms behave as macro liquidity providers, absorbing the supply shocks associated with changes in the maturity structure of government debt. We document that when the government funds itself with more short-term debt, firms fill the resulting gap by issuing more long-term debt, and vice versa. This type of liquidity provision is undertaken more aggressively: (1) when the ratio of government debt to total debt is higher and (2) by firms with stronger balance sheets. Our theory sheds new light on market timing phenomena in corporate finance more generally.
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