Product diversification and debt maturity : North-American companies

Azam, Md. Golam

dc.contributor.advisor	Dodds, J. C. (James Colin)
dc.coverage.spatial	North America
dc.creator	Azam, Md. Golam
dc.date.accessioned	2013-10-02T17:56:18Z
dc.date.available	2013-10-02T17:56:18Z
dc.date.issued	2013
dc.identifier.uri	http://library2.smu.ca/xmlui/handle/01/25250
dc.description	1 online resource (31 p.) : col. ill.
dc.description	Includes abstract and appendix.
dc.description	Includes bibliographical references (p. 24-26).
dc.description.abstract	This paper provides an explanation whether product diversified firms tend to have more long-term debt compared to non-diversified firms. To conduct this study a sample of 571486 firms (North-American) was taken from a period of 1976 to 2013. For simplicity, only firms with operations the within US and Canada were considered. Geographic diversified firms were excluded. The long-term debt level of diversified firm was compared with non-diversified firms for various product lines, and the results show that diversified firms have more long-term debt compared to non-diversified firms. Moreover, I also find that debt level increases with the increase of product lines.	en_CA
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dc.publisher	Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University
dc.title	Product diversification and debt maturity : North-American companies	en_CA
dc.type	Text	en_CA
thesis.degree.name	Master of Finance
thesis.degree.level	Masters
thesis.degree.discipline	Finance, Information Systems, & Management Science
thesis.degree.grantor	Saint Mary's University (Halifax, N.S.)