Ownership structure and the cost of corporate borrowing

Journal of Financial Economics

Volumn 100, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-23

  Lin, Chen ^a   Ma, Yue ^b   Malatesta, Paul ^c   Xuan, Yuhai ^d  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b LINGNAN UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Bank loans; Control ownership wedge; Cost of debt; Excess control rights; Ownership structure

Indexed keywords

EID: 79751538341     PISSN: 0304405X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfineco.2010.10.012     Document Type: Article

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