Data 2017 Update 8: Debt, the Dark and Light Side!

Debt has a light side (tax benefits, added discipline) and a dark side (distress and agency costs) and lots of distractions. In this session, I look at how that trade off plays in debt ratios across the globe and across sections. (Sorry about the typos on the slides in the video, but fixed on the slides below) Slides: http://www.stern.nyu.edu/~adamodar/pdfiles/blog/dataupdate8.pdf Blog post: http://aswathdamodaran.blogspot.com/2017/02/january-2017-data-update-8-dark-and.html Data: 1. Debt, by country: http://www.stern.nyu.edu/~adamodar/pc/blog/debtcountry2017.xlsx 2. Debt, by industry: http://www.stern.nyu.edu/~adamodar/pc/blog/debtindustry2017.xls Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices