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Corporate governance and financing decisions of Ghanaian listed firms

Abor, Joshua - In: Corporate Governance: The international journal of … 7 (2007) 1, pp. 83-92

CEO duality. The results generally indicate that Ghanaian listed firms pursue high debt policy with larger board size … insignificant) relationship between the tenure of the CEO and capital structure, suggesting that, entrenched CEOs employ lower debt … in order to reduce the performance pressures associated with high debt capital. Originality/value – The main value of …

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The influence of corporate governance on the relation between capital structure and value

La Rocca, Maurizio - In: Corporate Governance: The international journal of … 7 (2007) 3, pp. 312-325

Purpose – The paper aims to focus on a well‐known topic in the financial literature: the relation between capital structure and firm value. The controversial empirical results on this topic can be attributable to a lack of attention to the interaction between capital structure and other...

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Local corporate ownership and capital structure decisions in Nigeria: a developing country perspective

Ebel Ezeoha, Abel; Okafor, Francis O. - In: Corporate Governance: The international journal of … 10 (2010) 3, pp. 249-260

Purpose – The primary aim of this paper is to investigate the nature, degree and direction of the effects of certain classes of corporate ownership on capital structure decisions among firms. Design/methodology/approach – Using a sample of 71 quoted companies in Nigeria, the study adopts...

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Effects of corporate governance on capital structure: empirical evidence from Pakistan

Ahmed Sheikh, Nadeem; Wang, Zongjun - In: Corporate Governance: The international journal of … 12 (2012) 5, pp. 629-641

concentration are positively related to the total debt ratio and the long‐term debt ratio, whereas director remuneration is … negatively related. Managerial ownership is negatively related to the long‐term debt ratio. CEO duality is found to be highly … insignificant in all regressions. Control variables such as profitability and liquidity are negatively related to the total debt …

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Testing static tradeoff against pecking order models of capital structure in Japanese firms

Zhang, Rongrong; Kanazaki, Yoshio - In: International Journal of Accounting & Information Management 15 (2007) 2, pp. 24-36

displays similar movements between net debt retired and financial surplus. However, both models have shortcomings. The static …

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Farm-level evidence on risk balancing behavior in the EU-15

de Mey, Yann; van Winsen, Frankwin; Wauters, Erwin; … - In: Agricultural Finance Review 74 (2014) 1, pp. 17-37

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to present empirical evidence of risk balancing behavior by European farmers. More specifically, the authors investigate strategic adjustments in the level of financial risk (FR) in response to changes in the level of business risk (BR)....

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An Investigation of Poison Pill Securities, Long‐Term Debt, and the Wealth of Shareholders

Forjan, James; Van Ness, Bonnie - In: American Journal of Business 18 (2003) 2, pp. 17-22

examines the role that debt plays as an anti‐takeover strategy in the presence of poison pills. The results show that, on …

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Firm versus industry financing structures in Nigeria

Ebeh Ezeoha, Abel - In: African Journal of Economic and Management Studies 2 (2011) 1, pp. 42-55

proportion of debt, and those that have a higher level of asset tangibility use more long‐term finances. Empirically, the study …

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Multiple banking relationships : the role of firm connectedness

Fracasso, Andrea; Peruzzi, Valentina; Tomasi, Chiara - In: Industrial and corporate change 33 (2024) 5, pp. 1231-1252

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Is ESG a sideshow? : ESG perceptions, investment, and firms’ financing decisions

Kräussl, Roman; Rauh, Joshua; Stefanova, Denitsa - 2024

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