Employee well-being, firm leverage, and bankruptcy risk

Journal of Banking and Finance

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 956-964

  Verwijmeren, Patrick ^a   Derwall, Jeroen ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bankruptcy risk; Capital structure; Corporate social responsibility; Employee well being

Indexed keywords

EID: 77649181115     PISSN: 03784266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbankfin.2009.10.006     Document Type: Article

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