profitability, cost of debt and corporate leverage. The novelty of this study resides in the use of new bank characteristics and an … size and their impact on three main company profiles: profitability, interest rate and leverage.We extract relevant data to …, institutional, or government) lead their banks to charge a higher interest rate and a higher leverage ratio for specific companies …

of debt, and leverage. We extracted relevant data from a sample of nearly 18,300 Portuguese companies in 2020 (the … returns of small companies. A decrease in bank relations led to an increase in debt cost and reduced leverage across larger … leverage ratio for companies of average size. Female board members tended to vote for lower debt ratios due to greater risk …