ESSAYS ON THE IMPACT OF NON-FINANCIAL STAKEHOLDERS ON FIRMS’ FINANCING POLICIES

In this thesis we investigate whether firms’ relationships with non-financial stakeholders affect their financing policies. We find that the firms that place a higher value on reputation for treating employees generously maintain lower debt ratios. Furthermore, we find that the firms whose business...

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Main Author: WANG, JIN
Other Authors: Queen's University (Kingston, Ont.). Theses (Queen's University (Kingston, Ont.))
Language:en
en
Published: 2011
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1974/6372