Optimal Capital Structure with Imperfect Competition
研究双寡头市场中企业的最优资本结构，发现行业领导者保守举债而追随者激进举债并更易违约，模型预测得到数据支持。
Abstract We develop a model of optimal capital structure in imperfectly competitive markets by focusing on a duopoly. The model endogenizes both the financing and investment decisions of firms. We show that in equilibrium the industry leader uses debt conservatively, while the follower uses debt more aggressively and, as the result, defaults first. The model generates novel predictions about the leverage choices of the leader and the follower, their default likelihood, and the degree of leverage dispersion between competing firms. These predictions are strongly supported by the data.