Why Small Businesses Are More Reluctant to File for Chapter 11
They tend to struggle with debt instead, but research suggests two ways to change the situation.
Why Small Businesses Are More Reluctant to File for Chapter 11Why banks pay ever-larger dividends
Investors use the payments as a proxy for financial strength
Paying regular and increasing dividends allows banks to signal confidence about their solvency.
Eric Floyd, Nan Li, and Douglas J. Skinner, “Payout Policy through the Financial Crisis: The Growth of Repurchases and the Resilience of Dividends,” Journal of Financial Economics, November 2015. Chart reprinted with permission from Elsevier.
They tend to struggle with debt instead, but research suggests two ways to change the situation.
Why Small Businesses Are More Reluctant to File for Chapter 11Private debt funds are filling a $1 trillion hole in the lending market for middle-market businesses that can’t get conventional bank financing.
With Business Loans Harder to Get, Private Debt Funds Are Stepping InAccording to the inelastic markets hypothesis, the reason involves fund flows and investor demand.
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