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Showing posts with label Maturity matching theory. Show all posts
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Friday, 4 May 2012

Literature Review on Maturity Matching Theory



Stohs and Maurer (1996) or Morris (1976) argue that a firm can face risk of not having sufficient cash in case the maturity of the debt had shorter than the maturity of the assets or even vice versa in case the maturity of the debt was greater than asset maturity (the cash flow from assets necessary for the debt repayment terminates). Following these arguments, the maturity matching principle belongs to the determinants of the corporate debt maturity structure.