Capital structure, equity ownership and firm performance

Journal of Banking and Finance

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 621-632

  Margaritis, Dimitris ^a   Psillaki, Maria ^b  

^a AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PIRAEUS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Agency costs; Capital structure; DEA; Firm efficiency; Ownership structure

Indexed keywords

EID: 74149087815     PISSN: 03784266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbankfin.2009.08.023     Document Type: Article

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