... governance Regulation Information asymmetry Public and private debt markets Agency cost of debt G15 G32 G34 G38 M41 Debt financing is critical for the existence of many businesses, as it has become the primary source of external funding for firms (DeAngelo and Roll, 2015 ; He et al...

... 02 01 2022 28 07 2022 15 12 2022 22 01 2023 19 02 2023 © Emerald Publishing Limited 2023 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Board diversity Financial distress CEO power G30 G32 G34 This study uses data from the Chinese non...

... ethics Managerial opportunism G32 G34 M14 Unethical behaviors by corporate executives - such as frauds, corruption, financial reports misstatement, improper use of company assets - make public opinion indignant (in the most striking cases forcing regulators to intervene), harm...

... Short-term loans Substitute G31 G32 P34 The test of the current paper is based on the leverage SOA model, the rationale of which is as follows: adjustment towards a target leverage ratio can be asymmetric, where firms give different weights to the same amount of positive or negative...

... at: bushra-sarwar@hotmail.com 13 11 2017 28 01 2018 31 03 2018 © Emerald Publishing Limited 2018 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Dividend policy Emerging market Financial expertise Board composition G30 G32 G34 G35 Dividend policy...