Product diversification and debt maturity: an empirical investigation for the USA

Rahman, Md. Rezwanoor

dc.contributor.advisor	Dodds, J. C. (James Colin)
dc.coverage.spatial	United States
dc.creator	Rahman, Md. Rezwanoor
dc.date.accessioned	2012-10-02T18:14:36Z
dc.date.available	2012-10-02T18:14:36Z
dc.date.issued	2012
dc.identifier.uri	http://library2.smu.ca/xmlui/handle/01/24704
dc.description	1 online resource (iii, 37 leaves) : ill.
dc.description	Includes abstract and appendix.
dc.description	Includes bibliographical references (leaves 23-25).
dc.description.abstract	This study investigates whether product diversified firms tend to have more long term debt compared to non-diversified firms. To conduct this study a sample of 45676 U.S. based firms was taken from a period of 1969 to 2009. Only firms with operations within the United States were considered for this study. Geographic diversified firms were excluded for simplicity. The long-term debt level of non-diversified firms was compared with product diversified firms for various product lines, and the results showed that product diversified firms do have more long term debt compared to non-diversified firm’s debt. Additionally debt levels increase with the increase in the number of products.	en_CA
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dc.publisher	Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University
dc.title	Product diversification and debt maturity: an empirical investigation for the USA	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.)