通向独董之路

毋庸质疑,CFO是独董最合适的人选,经过30年的发展,中国CFO开始出现群体性崛起,使CFO成为独董有了现实的基础。但理论的逻辑与现实的路径毕竟还存在实操上的差距,CFO如何真正通向独董之路,我们翻译了一篇关于英国的独董方面的文章,希望对CFO有所帮助。     

Firms’ Management of Infrequent Shocks

We examine businesses’ financial management of a rare, severe event using detailed firm-level data collected following Hurricane Sandy in the New York area. Credit played a prominent role in financing recovery; more negatively affected firms took on debt because of Sandy (39%) than received insurance payments (15%) in our data. Negatively affected firms were frequently credit constrained after the shock. We also find that the most credit-constrained firms after the event, younger firms, and smaller firms, were the least likely to insure before it. Our findings align with the predictions of dynamic risk management theory (Rampini and Viswanathan 2010, 2013).