Political connection and cost of debt: Some Malaysian evidence

Journal of Banking and Finance

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1520-1527

  Bliss, Mark A ^a   Gul, Ferdinand A ^b  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Audit committees; CEO duality; Cost of debt; Political connection

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858291910     PISSN: 03784266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbankfin.2011.12.011     Document Type: Article

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