This paper investigates the effect of organizational capital, typified by various management practices within a firm, on the cost of external debt financing. Using a sample of medium-sized manufacturing firms in the U.S., we find that better management practices enhance a firm's external...

We provide novel evidence on the nexus between a firm’s symbolic environmental disclosure to present an overly responsible public image, i.e., greenwashing, and the structure and design of its bank-loan contracts. Our evidence indicates that while greenwashing is associated with lower loan...

This paper investigates how lending relationships attenuate the conflict of interest between creditors and shareholders that arises from CEO compensation contracts. We find that lending relationships mitigate the influence of CEO risk-taking incentives on loan spreads, especially for...