Mittoo, Usha R.; Zhang, Zhou - In: Journal of Corporate Finance 14 (2008) 5, pp. 706-720
Contrary to the U.S. evidence, we show that Canadian multinational corporations (MNCs) display higher leverage than domestic firms (DCs). This higher leverage is due to lower agency costs of debt associated with MNCs' U.S. operations. We also find that the Canadian firms with international bond...