Reference : Voluntary disclosure, ownership structure, and corporate debt maturity: A study of Fr...
Scientific journals : Article
Business & economic sciences : Finance
Finance
http://hdl.handle.net/10993/32128
Voluntary disclosure, ownership structure, and corporate debt maturity: A study of French listed firms
English
Derouiche, Imen mailto [University of Luxembourg > Faculty of Law, Economics and Finance (FDEF) > Center for Research in Economic Analysis (CREA) >]
Muessig, Anke mailto [University of Luxembourg > Faculty of Law, Economics and Finance (FDEF) > Center for Research in Economic Analysis (CREA) >]
Allaya, Manel mailto [Portsmouth Business School, University of Portsmouth, Portsmouth, UK]
2019
International Review of Financial Analysis
Elsevier
Yes (verified by ORBilu)
International
1057-5219
1873-8079
Netherlands
[en] Debt maturity ; Corporate disclosure ; Excess control
[en] This study examines the effect of voluntary disclosure on corporate debt maturity and explores the role that ownership structure plays in this effect. Using a sample of 440 French listed firms over the period 2007-2013, the empirical results indicate that firms with higher voluntary disclosure have more long-term debt, suggesting that companies benefit from extensive disclosure by having greater access to long maturity debt. This is consistent with the evidence that voluntary disclosure provides an efficient monitoring mechanism in firms where long-term debt may insulate firms from lenders’ scrutiny for a long time. Results also show that the positive association between voluntary disclosure and long-term debt is relevant only when control rights of the controlling shareholders are significantly in excess of cash flow rights. This supports the findings of recent work that better disclosure policies are viewed more positively by the market in environments where the risk of wealth expropriation by dominant shareholders is higher.
Researchers ; Professionals ; Students
http://hdl.handle.net/10993/32128
10.1016/j.irfa.2018.12.008

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