Political Uncertainty and the Choice of Debt Sources

Hamdi Ben-Nasr (), Lobna Bouslimi (), M. Shahid Ebrahim () and Rui Zhong ()
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Hamdi Ben-Nasr: Qatar University
Lobna Bouslimi: Concordia University

No 2019_08, Department of Economics Working Papers from Durham University, Department of Economics

Abstract: This paper studies the effect of political uncertainty on the choice of debt sources. We find a positive relationship between political uncertainty stemming from elections and the proportion of bank loans over total debts, especially when elections are closely contested. Furthermore, this relationship is stronger in opaque firms and more financially constrained firms as well as firms from countries with weaker shareholder rights, labor protection, creditor rights and national governance.

Keywords: Bank Debt; Public Debt; National Election; Political Uncertainty (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D72 D81 G24 G32 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019-08
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