External Governance and Debt Structure

This paper examines how external governance pressure affects the type of debt that firms issue. Consistent with a governance mechanism substitution effect, we find that an exogenous increase (decrease) in governance pressure from the product (takeover) market has a significant negative (positive) im...

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Main Authors: Bharath, S.T (Author), Hertzel, M. (Author)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Oxford University Press 2019
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