Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/212853 
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Year of Publication: 
2016
Series/Report no.: 
BOFIT Discussion Papers No. 10/2016
Publisher: 
Bank of Finland, Institute for Economies in Transition (BOFIT), Helsinki
Abstract: 
​This paper examines the effect of natural resources on capital structure of the firm. Using an extensive dataset of listed firms in 70 countries, we show that firms operating in resource extraction industries have less debt and that that debt tends to have a longer maturity than that of other non-financial firms. Moreover, non-resource firms in resource-dependent countries are found to be less indebted than their counterparts in other countries. The results suggest that the very fact of a firm's location in a resource-dependent country may be an overlooked country-specific de-terminant of firm capital structure and that financial institutions in resource-dependent countries may play a role in exacerbating a nation's resource curse.
JEL: 
G32
O13
Q32
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ISBN: 
978-952-323-126-9
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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