The effects of formal and informal CEO power on debt policy persistence
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Keywords
Debt policy persistence; Formal CEO power; Informal CEO power; Trends; Debt heterogeneity;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- G32 - Financial Economics - - Corporate Finance and Governance - - - Financing Policy; Financial Risk and Risk Management; Capital and Ownership Structure; Value of Firms; Goodwill
- D92 - Microeconomics - - Micro-Based Behavioral Economics - - - Intertemporal Firm Choice, Investment, Capacity, and Financing
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