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Original paper

Shareholder-Creditor Conflict and Payout Policy: Evidence from Mergers between Lenders and Shareholders

Volume: 31, Issue: 8, Pages: 3098 - 3121
Published: Dec 7, 2017
Abstract
This paper studies how the conflict of interest between shareholders and creditors affects corporate payout policy. Using mergers between lenders and equity holders of the same firm as shocks to the shareholder-creditor conflict, I find that firms pay out less when there is less conflict between shareholders and creditors, suggesting that the shareholder-creditor conflict induces firms to pay out more at the expense of creditors. The effect is...
Paper Details
Title
Shareholder-Creditor Conflict and Payout Policy: Evidence from Mergers between Lenders and Shareholders
Published Date
Dec 7, 2017
Volume
31
Issue
8
Pages
3098 - 3121
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