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We apply control rights theory to explain the structure and determinants of financial covenants in private equity backed leveraged buyouts. We analyze 130 German transactions from 2000 to 2008, covering about 40 percent of the LBO market during this period. We consider Germany to be a superior...
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We argue that the recent corporate governance reform in the Netherlands provides a natural experiment to explore the impact of changes in corporate governance on financing policy. We find that, relative to a control sample of comparable firms outside the Netherlands, Dutch firms significantly...
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In a three-period model with active and passive external corporate governance, this paper studies the endogenous decision of debt and equity financiers on the governance mode and intensity over their debtors, as well as how this may affect the funded firms' financing choice. We show that debt...
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We find that corporate giving represents a private benefit of control that distorts corporate investment and financing …, corporate charitable contributions fall, while investment rises, suggesting suboptimal investment caused by managerial private …
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We propose a new order of financing investments based on the considerations of control and financial constraints in a market with the presence of business groups. We base our analysis on a sample of acquisitions, one of the largest forms of investments, made by India's publicly listed firms from...
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have a significantly higher investment-cash flow sensitivity than comparable private firms. These differences in investment … agency-based explanation, since differences in investment-cash flow sensitivities can only be observed for the unexpected …. Our study adds a new aspect to the ongoing debate on the effect of a stock market listing on a firm's investment decisions …
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We study the financial determinants of cash holdings and discuss the importance of firm size in the post-crisis period. We employ panel data regression analysis on a sample of 6629 non-financial and non-utility listed companies in the United Kingdom from 2010 to 2018. We focus on the comparative...
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suggests that there is room for creditors to fulfill their role in corporate governance. On the other hand, investment is …
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We build a model of investment and financing decisions to study the choice between bonds and bank loans in a firm …'s marginal financing decision and its effects on corporate investment. We show that firms with more growth options, higher … investment. We test these predictions using a sample of U.S. firms and present new evidence that supports our theory …
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The aim of this research is to explore the relationship of corporate governance with firm risk. This study establishes a link between corporate governance variables and firm risk for a sample of 106 Pakistani firms over a time of six years (2005-2010). Based on the estimation results, family...
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