...Jing Zhao; Saidatunur Fauzi Saidin; Asna Abdullah Atqa Purpose This study examines the impact of key audit quality dimensions on the cost of debt financing and investigates whether negative media tone moderates this relationship. It aims to reveal whether negative media tone functions...

... ante information advantage and examines the impact of private information on borrowers' initial credit rating and the cost of debt. Design/methodology/approach This paper studies how NOAs affect credit ratings and borrowing costs in the corporate bond market. We find that firms with forthcoming...

...Hsin-I Chou; Xiaofei Pan; Jing Zhao Purpose This paper aims to examine the relationship between executive pay disparity and the cost of debt. Design/methodology/approach The authors use a sample of syndicated bank loans granted to United States (US) listed firms from 1992 to 2014 and adopt...

...Chwee Ming Tee Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the main and joint effects of politically connected firms (PCFs) and institutional monitoring on the cost of debt. Design/methodology/approach Based on a panel data set of Malaysian politically connected and non...

... with bankers and politicians and that these connections formed through NRIs enable small firms to obtain more new venture debt financing and reduce their cost of debt. Thus, our empirical results support the hypotheses that the ability to borrow social capital through the involvement of NRIs...