Political connections and the cost of equity capital

Journal of Corporate Finance

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 541-559

  Boubakri, Narjess ^a   Guedhami, Omrane ^b   Mishra, Dev ^c   Saffar, Walid ^d  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF SHARJAH   (United Arab Emirates)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^d AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

Corporate governance; Cost of capital; Political connections

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858432044     PISSN: 09291199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcorpfin.2012.02.005     Document Type: Article

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