Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/50703 
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Year of Publication: 
2008
Series/Report no.: 
Manchester Business School Working Paper No. 547
Publisher: 
The University of Manchester, Manchester Business School, Manchester
Abstract: 
I show that ownership by blockholding and board composition is an important determinant of corporate debt maturity structure. Using GMM methodology to control for the potential endogeneity of all regressors, I find a statistically and economically significant negative relation between shortterm debt and both blockholding and board structure, irrespective of the identity of shareholders. Robustness tests provide support for the hypothesis that less diversified shareholders tend to trade off underinvestment against the liquidity risk entailed in shorter maturities. Finally, I report strong evidence that the link with insider ownership is non-linear.
Subjects: 
debt maturity
ownership structure
corporate governance
endogeneity
GMM
JEL: 
G32
G34
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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