Capital structure and firm performance: A new approach to testing agency theory and an application to the banking industry

Journal of Banking and Finance

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1065-1102

  Berger, Allen N ^a,b   Bonaccorsi di Patti, Emilia ^c  

^a FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c BANK OF ITALY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Agency costs; Banking; Capital structure; Efficiency

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645877080     PISSN: 03784266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbankfin.2005.05.015     Document Type: Article

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