Corporate governance and the cost of debt: Evidence from director limited liability and indemnification provisions

Journal of Corporate Finance

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 83-107

  Bradley, Michael ^a   Chen, Dong ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BALTIMORE   (United States)

Author keywords

Board of directors; Corporate governance; Cost of debt; Indemnification; Limited liability provision; Risk taking

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649913763     PISSN: 09291199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcorpfin.2010.08.001     Document Type: Article

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