Corporate governance and leverage: Evidence from a natural experiment
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- Stefan Arping & Zacharias Sautner, 2010. "Corporate Governance and Leverage: Evidence from a Natural Experiment," Tinbergen Institute Discussion Papers 10-019/2, Tinbergen Institute.
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Corporate governance Corporate leverage Financing policy;JEL classification:
- G32 - Financial Economics - - Corporate Finance and Governance - - - Financing Policy; Financial Risk and Risk Management; Capital and Ownership Structure; Value of Firms; Goodwill
- G34 - Financial Economics - - Corporate Finance and Governance - - - Mergers; Acquisitions; Restructuring; Corporate Governance
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