Brand capital and debt choice

Alam, Nurul; Boubaker, Sabri; Chen, Xiaomeng Charlene; Hasan, Mostafa Monzur

doi:10.1016/j.irfa.2024.103160

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Brand capital and debt choice

Nurul Alam, Sabri Boubaker

, Xiaomeng Charlene Chen, Mostafa Monzur Hasan

International Review of Financial Analysis, Volume: 93

Swansea University Author: Sabri Boubaker

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This paper investigates the effect of brand capital on firms' choices of debt structure. Using a sample of publicly listed U.S. firms between 2001 and 2019, we find that firms with higher levels of brand capital rely less on bank debt financing. This finding is robust to the use of alternative...

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