Political Connections and Debt Access: The Case of Tunisian Firms
The purpose of this paper is to study the effect of political connections on debt access in the case of Tunisian firms before and after the 2011 uprising. The results show that the impact of political connections on debt access differs according to three criteria: Firstly, according to debt maturit...
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author | Fayrouz Bencheikh Neila Boulila Taktak |
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The purpose of this paper is to study the effect of political connections on debt access in the case of Tunisian firms before and after the 2011 uprising. The results show that the impact of political connections on debt access differs according to three criteria: Firstly, according to debt maturity, secondly according to the degree of political connections, and finally according to the sub-period studied.
Keywords: Debt Access, Political Connections, Tunisia
JEL Classifications: G30, G31
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spelling | doaj.art-9ab63f73c2db4639af99c02f63e5b9f72023-02-15T16:09:42ZengEconJournalsInternational Journal of Economics and Financial Issues2146-41382017-06-0173Political Connections and Debt Access: The Case of Tunisian FirmsFayrouz Bencheikh0Neila Boulila TaktakHigher Institute of Management -Tunisia- The purpose of this paper is to study the effect of political connections on debt access in the case of Tunisian firms before and after the 2011 uprising. The results show that the impact of political connections on debt access differs according to three criteria: Firstly, according to debt maturity, secondly according to the degree of political connections, and finally according to the sub-period studied. Keywords: Debt Access, Political Connections, Tunisia JEL Classifications: G30, G31 https://www.econjournals.com/index.php/ijefi/article/view/4357 |
spellingShingle | Fayrouz Bencheikh Neila Boulila Taktak Political Connections and Debt Access: The Case of Tunisian Firms International Journal of Economics and Financial Issues |
title | Political Connections and Debt Access: The Case of Tunisian Firms |
title_full | Political Connections and Debt Access: The Case of Tunisian Firms |
title_fullStr | Political Connections and Debt Access: The Case of Tunisian Firms |
title_full_unstemmed | Political Connections and Debt Access: The Case of Tunisian Firms |
title_short | Political Connections and Debt Access: The Case of Tunisian Firms |
title_sort | political connections and debt access the case of tunisian firms |
url | https://www.econjournals.com/index.php/ijefi/article/view/4357 |
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