Capital structure under collusion

We analyze the financial leverage of firms that collude to soften product market competition, by forming a cartel. We find that cartel firms have lower leverage during collusion periods. This is consistent with the idea that cartel firms strategically reduce leverage to make their cartels more stabl...

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Main Author: Ferrés, Daniel (author)
Other Authors: Ormazabal, Gaizka (author), Povel, Paul (author), Sertsios, Giorgio (author)
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Language:English
Published: 2021
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12806/1394
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jfi.2020.100854
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Financial leverage
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Cartels
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description We analyze the financial leverage of firms that collude to soften product market competition, by forming a cartel. We find that cartel firms have lower leverage during collusion periods. This is consistent with the idea that cartel firms strategically reduce leverage to make their cartels more stable, because high leverage makes deviations from a cartel agreement more attractive. Given that cartels have a large economic footprint, their study is also relevant for the capital structure literature, which has largely ignored the role of anti-competitive behavior.
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spellingShingle Capital structure under collusion
Ferrés, Daniel
Capital structure
Financial leverage
Collusion
Cartels
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title Capital structure under collusion
title_full Capital structure under collusion
title_fullStr Capital structure under collusion
title_full_unstemmed Capital structure under collusion
title_short Capital structure under collusion
title_sort Capital structure under collusion
topic Capital structure
Financial leverage
Collusion
Cartels
url https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12806/1394
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jfi.2020.100854