...Faisal Alnori; Abdullah Bugshan Purpose The literature is remarkably silent on questions concerning the nexus between firms’ capital structure adjustment speed and the uncertainty of oil prices. This study aims to examine how oil price fluctuations affect a firm’s capital structure and adjustment...

...Bruno Funchal; Mateus Clovis Purpose The purpose of this paper is to study the effect of changes in creditors' priority defined by the bankruptcy law on firms' capital structure. Design/methodology/approach Taking advantage of the Brazilian bankruptcy law reform as an experiment and using...