Corporate Governance and the Cost of Debt of Large European Firms
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agency costs; corporate governance; cost of debt; disclosure; information risk; interaction effect; shareholder rights;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- G3 - Financial Economics - - Corporate Finance and Governance
- M - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics
- O16 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Financial Markets; Saving and Capital Investment; Corporate Finance and Governance
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