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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Main Authors: Fayrouz Bencheikh, Neila Boulila Taktak
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: EconJournals 2017-06-01
Series:International Journal of Economics and Financial Issues
Online Access:https://www.econjournals.com/index.php/ijefi/article/view/4357
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description 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
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Political Connections and Debt Access: The Case of Tunisian Firms
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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
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