Does adopting good corporate governance impact the cost of intermediated and non-intermediated debt?

Accounting and Finance

Volumn 52, Issue SUPPL.1, 2012, Pages 49-76

  Aldamen, Husam ^a   Duncan, Keith ^b  

^a QATAR UNIVERSITY   (Qatar)

^b BOND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Corporate governance; Cost of debt; Intermediated debt and size; M40; M41

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867229964     PISSN: 08105391     EISSN: 1467629X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-629X.2011.00439.x     Document Type: Article

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