This study discusses the effect of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) disclosure
on corporate financial performance. This study uses a sample of non-financial listed …

Motivated by prior research on the informational and monitoring role of product market
competition, we examine how competitive pressure affects firms' choice between bank debt …

Oil price uncertainty has widely influenced the economic development of the world. This
study explores the influence of oil price uncertainty on the excessive debt behavior of …

We examine the effect of firm-level political risk on debt choices and find:(i) firms with higher
political risk display a preference for private debt over public debt;(ii) the magnitude of this …

In this study, we examine the impact of board reforms on the choice between bank and
public debt. Using a large sample of firm-year observations from 29 countries and a …

We review the literature on debt structure, which is a central element in a firm's capital
structure. We first survey both theoretical and empirical research pertaining to debt …

There have been extensive studies that have investigated the favourable impacts of flipped
classroom instruction regarding the introductory language/first language (ie, L1) setting …

We find that manufacturing firms adopt more conservative capital structures in response to
the Nitrogen Oxides (NOx) Budget Trading Program (NBP) of 2004, a regional cap-and …

Purpose Although supply chain finance (SCF) aims to optimize capital flows in the supply
chain process, its effectiveness in improving cost performance remains controversial. From …

This paper investigates the effect of geopolitical uncertainty on (market) leverage ratio, debt
maturity, and choice of debt source. Using a new monthly index of geopolitical uncertainty …