Culture, agency costs, and governance: International evidence on capital structure

Pacific Basin Finance Journal

Volumn 34, Issue , 2015, Pages 1-23

  Fauver, Larry ^a   McDonald, Michael B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b FAIRFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agency costs; Capital structure; Culture; F3; F39; Governance; International

Indexed keywords

EID: 84930202086     PISSN: 0927538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pacfin.2015.05.001     Document Type: Article

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