Industry characteristics, agency theory, and the interaction of capital structure and dividend policy

The literature on agency theory has generally modelled and tested the firm’s dividend and capital structure decisions separately. In this dissertation, a model is developed based on agency cost considerations and dividends as a means of controlling equity agency costs, which simultaneously determine...

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Main Author: Noronha, Gregory Mario
Other Authors: Finance
Format: Others
Language:en
Published: Virginia Tech 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10919/39752
http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-10122005-134410/