TY - JOUR
T1 - Digitalization and firms' debt maturity
T2 - Do financial constraints and uncertainty matter?
AU - Lee, Chien Chiang
AU - Wang, Chih Wei
AU - Purnama, Muhammad Yusuf Indra
AU - Sharma, Susan Sunila
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2024 Elsevier B.V.
PY - 2024/6
Y1 - 2024/6
N2 - Despite the significant growth of information and communication technology adoption in industrial activity, there is still limited evidence discussing the role of industrial digitalization in firms' debt structures. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to investigate the impact of digitalization on debt structure by employing a sample of Chinese manufacturing companies from 2001 to 2019. The results show that digitalization expands the proportion of firms' long-term debt. Further analysis reveals that digital technology superiority contributes to lowering bankruptcy costs, enabling firms to maintain longer debt maturity to manage liquidity and refinancing risks effectively. This research also finds that financially constrained firms derive greater advantages from digital transformation. Furthermore, the uncertainty risks appear to reduce the positive impacts of digitalization on firms' debt maturity.
AB - Despite the significant growth of information and communication technology adoption in industrial activity, there is still limited evidence discussing the role of industrial digitalization in firms' debt structures. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to investigate the impact of digitalization on debt structure by employing a sample of Chinese manufacturing companies from 2001 to 2019. The results show that digitalization expands the proportion of firms' long-term debt. Further analysis reveals that digital technology superiority contributes to lowering bankruptcy costs, enabling firms to maintain longer debt maturity to manage liquidity and refinancing risks effectively. This research also finds that financially constrained firms derive greater advantages from digital transformation. Furthermore, the uncertainty risks appear to reduce the positive impacts of digitalization on firms' debt maturity.
KW - Debt maturity
KW - Digitalization
KW - Financial constraint
KW - Uncertainty risk
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85193452685&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.pacfin.2024.102399
DO - 10.1016/j.pacfin.2024.102399
M3 - 期刊論文
AN - SCOPUS:85193452685
SN - 0927-538X
VL - 85
JO - Pacific Basin Finance Journal
JF - Pacific Basin Finance Journal
M1 - 102399
ER -