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| Type | Journal Article |
| Scope | Discipline-based scholarship |
| Title | Corporate governance and leverage: evidence from a natural experiment |
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| Item Subtype | Original Work |
| Refereed | Yes |
| Status | Published in final form |
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| Journal Title | Finance Research Letters |
| Publisher | Elsevier |
| Geographical Reach | international |
| ISSN | 1544-6123 |
| Volume | 7 |
| Number | 2 |
| Page Range | 127 - 134 |
| Date | 2010 |
| Abstract Text | We argue that the recent corporate governance reform in the Netherlands provides a natural experiment to explore the impact of changes in corporate governance on financing policy. We find that, relative to a control sample of comparable firms outside the Netherlands, Dutch firms significantly reduced their leverage following the passage of the reform. Our findings are consistent with the view that corporate governance improvements reduce the value of debt as a disciplining device. |
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| Digital Object Identifier | 10.1016/j.frl.2010.02.003 |
| Other Identification Number | merlin-id:23878 |
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| Keywords | Finance |