Corporate ownership structure and the choice between bank debt and public debt

Journal of Financial Economics

Volumn 109, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 517-534

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

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Bank debt; Excess control rights; Ownership structure; Public debt

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878979206     PISSN: 0304405X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfineco.2013.03.006     Document Type: Article

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