An extensive approach to unemployment insurance benefits and corporate finance metrics - interest coverage ratio

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Autor(a) principal: Fernandes, Rita Alexandra Costa
Data de Publicação: 2023
Tipo de documento: Dissertação
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/10362/156226
Resumo: This paper investigates how differences in the unemployment insurance scheme across US states influence firms’ financial metrics. Over the 1981-2016 period, higher unemployment insurance benefits are associated with lower financial leverage through a crowding-out effect. In states with more generous UI benefits, creditors are willing to offer more favourable loan conditions, which translates into lower interest expenses, increasing the interest coverage ratio. No statistically significant relationship was found between unemployment insurance generosity and an increase in credit ratings.
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spelling An extensive approach to unemployment insurance benefits and corporate finance metrics - interest coverage ratioUnemployment riskUnemployment insurance benefitsStakeholdersCompensating wage differentialsCapital structureBank loansDebt maturityInterest coverage ratioProductivityCredit ratingEmployee welfareDomínio/Área Científica::Ciências Sociais::Economia e GestãoThis paper investigates how differences in the unemployment insurance scheme across US states influence firms’ financial metrics. Over the 1981-2016 period, higher unemployment insurance benefits are associated with lower financial leverage through a crowding-out effect. In states with more generous UI benefits, creditors are willing to offer more favourable loan conditions, which translates into lower interest expenses, increasing the interest coverage ratio. No statistically significant relationship was found between unemployment insurance generosity and an increase in credit ratings.Soares, MargaridaRUNFernandes, Rita Alexandra Costa2023-08-03T09:52:06Z2023-01-132023-01-102023-01-13T00:00:00Zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/masterThesisapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10362/156226TID:203311329enginfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAP2024-03-11T05:38:50Zoai:run.unl.pt:10362/156226Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-20T03:56:23.744519Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv An extensive approach to unemployment insurance benefits and corporate finance metrics - interest coverage ratio
title An extensive approach to unemployment insurance benefits and corporate finance metrics - interest coverage ratio
spellingShingle An extensive approach to unemployment insurance benefits and corporate finance metrics - interest coverage ratio
Fernandes, Rita Alexandra Costa
Unemployment risk
Unemployment insurance benefits
Stakeholders
Compensating wage differentials
Capital structure
Bank loans
Debt maturity
Interest coverage ratio
Productivity
Credit rating
Employee welfare
Domínio/Área Científica::Ciências Sociais::Economia e Gestão
title_short An extensive approach to unemployment insurance benefits and corporate finance metrics - interest coverage ratio
title_full An extensive approach to unemployment insurance benefits and corporate finance metrics - interest coverage ratio
title_fullStr An extensive approach to unemployment insurance benefits and corporate finance metrics - interest coverage ratio
title_full_unstemmed An extensive approach to unemployment insurance benefits and corporate finance metrics - interest coverage ratio
title_sort An extensive approach to unemployment insurance benefits and corporate finance metrics - interest coverage ratio
author Fernandes, Rita Alexandra Costa
author_facet Fernandes, Rita Alexandra Costa
author_role author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Soares, Margarida
RUN
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Fernandes, Rita Alexandra Costa
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Unemployment risk
Unemployment insurance benefits
Stakeholders
Compensating wage differentials
Capital structure
Bank loans
Debt maturity
Interest coverage ratio
Productivity
Credit rating
Employee welfare
Domínio/Área Científica::Ciências Sociais::Economia e Gestão
topic Unemployment risk
Unemployment insurance benefits
Stakeholders
Compensating wage differentials
Capital structure
Bank loans
Debt maturity
Interest coverage ratio
Productivity
Credit rating
Employee welfare
Domínio/Área Científica::Ciências Sociais::Economia e Gestão
description This paper investigates how differences in the unemployment insurance scheme across US states influence firms’ financial metrics. Over the 1981-2016 period, higher unemployment insurance benefits are associated with lower financial leverage through a crowding-out effect. In states with more generous UI benefits, creditors are willing to offer more favourable loan conditions, which translates into lower interest expenses, increasing the interest coverage ratio. No statistically significant relationship was found between unemployment insurance generosity and an increase in credit ratings.
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2023-01-13
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