Executive characteristics as moderators: Exploring the impact of geopolitical risk on capital structure decisions
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Keywords
Geopolitical risk; Capital structure; Executives age; Executives gender and risk-aversion;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
- G41 - Financial Economics - - Behavioral Finance - - - Role and Effects of Psychological, Emotional, Social, and Cognitive Factors on Decision Making in Financial Markets
- D80 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - General
- F50 - International Economics - - International Relations, National Security, and International Political Economy - - - General
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