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Capital structure and firm performance: A new approach to testing agency theory and an application to the banking industry

Journal of Banking & Finance · 2005 · Vol. 30(4) · pp. 1065–1102

Allen N. Berger✉(Federal Reserve)Emilia Bonaccorsi di Patti(Bank of Italy)

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Corporate Finance and Governance Banking stability, regulation, efficiency Auditing, Earnings Management, GovernanceCapital structureLeverage (statistics)Corporate governanceTheory of the firmPrincipal–agent problemIndustrial organizationAgency costBenchmark (surveying)MicroeconomicsBusiness

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