We use two specifications for TCL ratings. The first specification includes the ordinal measure, TCL Overall Rating, which takes the value of five, four, three, two, or one if the TCL rating is A, B, C, D, or F, respectively. The second specification includes dummy variables for each rating category (C is the base case). All models include the Fama-French (1997) industry indicator variables, but we do not report their coefficients. Models with TCL Overall Rating and rating dummies also include year dummies. We correct standard errors for heteroskedasticity and clustering of observations at the firm level.