Does Religion Matter to Equity Pricing?

For a sample comprising 36,105 U.S. firm-year observations from 1985 to 2008, we find that firms located in more religious counties enjoy cheaper equity financing costs. This result is robust to a battery of sensitivity tests, including alternative assumptions and model specifications, additional co...

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Authors: El Ghoul, Sadok (Author) ; Guedhami, Omrane (Author) ; Ni, Yang (Author) ; Pittman, Jeffrey (Author) ; Saadi, Samir (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Springer Science + Business Media B. V 2012
In: Journal of business ethics
Year: 2012, Volume: 111, Issue: 4, Pages: 491-518
Further subjects:B Corporate governance
B Investor Protection
B Religion
B Cost of equity capital
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