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Ying (Cathy) Zheng

Bryant University

Assciate Professor of Finance

1150 Douglas Pike

Smithfield, RI 02917-1284

United States

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“  International Finance, Corporate Governance, Debt Contracting  ”

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Does Corporate Social Responsibility Reduce the Costs of High Leverage? Evidence from Capital Structure and Product Market Interactions

Journal of Banking and Finance
Number of pages: 61 Posted: 27 Apr 2017 Last Revised: 07 Mar 2023
Kee-Hong Bae, Sadok El Ghoul, Omrane Guedhami, Chuck C.Y. Kwok and Ying (Cathy) Zheng
York University - Schulich School of Business, University of Texas at El Paso - College of Business Administration, University of South Carolina - Moore School of Business, University of South Carolina - Darla Moore School of Business and Bryant University
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Corporate social responsibility; Costs of high leverage; Stakeholder theory of capital structure

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Does Climate Change Exposure Matter to Stakeholders? Evidence from the Costs of High Leverage

Review of Corporate Finance: Vol. 4: No. 1–2, pp 47-87. http://dx.doi.org/10.1561/114.00000060
Number of pages: 58 Posted: 25 Aug 2023 Last Revised: 16 Jun 2024
Sadok El Ghoul, Omrane Guedhami, Huan Kuang and Ying (Cathy) Zheng
University of Texas at El Paso - College of Business Administration, University of South Carolina - Moore School of Business, Bryant University and Bryant University
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The Role of Creditor Rights on Capital Structure and Product Market Interactions: International Evidence

Journal of International Business Studies
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 06 Jun 2017 Last Revised: 07 Mar 2023
Sadok El Ghoul, Omrane Guedhami, Chuck C.Y. Kwok and Ying (Cathy) Zheng
University of Texas at El Paso - College of Business Administration, University of South Carolina - Moore School of Business, University of South Carolina - Darla Moore School of Business and Bryant University
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creditor rights; capital structure; product market performance; financial systems

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Does Social Trust Affect International Contracting? Evidence from Foreign Bond Covenants

Journal of International Business Studies
Number of pages: 88 Posted: 16 Feb 2018 Last Revised: 07 Mar 2023
Paul Brockman, Sadok El Ghoul, Omrane Guedhami and Ying (Cathy) Zheng
Lehigh University - College of Business, University of Texas at El Paso - College of Business Administration, University of South Carolina - Moore School of Business and Bryant University
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Informal Institutions; Social Trust; Formal Institutions; Corporate Governance; Contracts; Covenants

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Do Foreign Institutional Investors Affect International Contracting? Evidence from Bond Covenants

Number of pages: 61 Posted: 04 Mar 2021 Last Revised: 27 Nov 2023
Paul Brockman, Wolfgang Drobetz, Sadok El Ghoul, Omrane Guedhami and Ying (Cathy) Zheng
Lehigh University - College of Business, University of Hamburg, University of Texas at El Paso - College of Business Administration, University of South Carolina - Moore School of Business and Bryant University
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Institutional ownership, foreign investors, bond covenants, corporate governance

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Do Foreign Institutional Shareholders Affect International Debt Contracting? Evidence from Yankee Bond Covenants

Journal of International Business Studies, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 67 Posted: 11 Oct 2023
Paul Brockman, Wolfgang Drobetz, Sadok El Ghoul, Omrane Guedhami and Ying (Cathy) Zheng
Lehigh University - College of Business, University of Hamburg, University of Texas at El Paso - College of Business Administration, University of South Carolina - Moore School of Business and Bryant University
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Institutional ownership; foreign investors; bond covenants; corporate governance

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Do Firms Benefit from Taking Heterogeneous Debt? International Evidence from Capital Structure and Product Market Interactions

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Do Firms Benefit from Taking Heterogeneous Debt? International Evidence from Capital Structure and Product Market Interactions

Number of pages: 44 Posted: 20 Oct 2022 Last Revised: 08 Nov 2024
Sadok El Ghoul, Omrane Guedhami and Ying (Cathy) Zheng
University of Texas at El Paso - College of Business Administration, University of South Carolina - Moore School of Business and Bryant University
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debt heterogeneity, capital structure, product market performance, stakeholders

Do Firms Benefit from Taking Heterogeneous Debt? International Evidence from Capital Structure and Product Market Interactions

Number of pages: 44 Posted: 03 Apr 2025
Sadok El Ghoul, Omrane Guedhami and Ying (Cathy) Zheng
University of Texas at El Paso - College of Business Administration, University of South Carolina - Moore School of Business and Bryant University
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debt heterogeneity, capital structure, product market performance, stakeholders

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Social Trust, Bank Liquidity Creation, and Financial System Architecture

Number of pages: 47 Posted: 21 Dec 2023
Allen N. Berger, Omrane Guedhami, Xinming Li and Ying (Cathy) Zheng
University of South Carolina - Darla Moore School of Business, University of South Carolina - Moore School of Business, University of South Carolina, Darla Moore School of Business, Department of Finance and Bryant University
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Bank Liquidity Creation, Social Trust, Financial System Architecture

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Import Penetration and Corporate Misconduct: A Natural Experiment

Journal of Business Ethics
Number of pages: 75 Posted: 04 Apr 2024
Christopher Dupuis and Ying (Cathy) Zheng
Bryant University and Bryant University
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import penetration; corporate governance; corporate misconduct; corporate social responsi-bility

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Collectivism and the Costs of High Leverage

Journal of Banking and Finance
Number of pages: 66 Posted: 26 Jul 2017 Last Revised: 07 Mar 2023
Sadok El Ghoul, Omrane Guedhami, Chuck C.Y. Kwok and Ying (Cathy) Zheng
University of Texas at El Paso - College of Business Administration, University of South Carolina - Moore School of Business, University of South Carolina - Darla Moore School of Business and Bryant University
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Collectivism, National Culture, Costs of High Leverage, Stakeholder Theory, Predation Theory

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Does Gender Matter? Evidence from Female CFOs and the Costs of High Leverage

Number of pages: 54 Posted: 04 Nov 2024 Last Revised: 31 Mar 2026
Omrane Guedhami, Sonal Kumar and Ying (Cathy) Zheng
University of South Carolina - Moore School of Business, Bryant University and Bryant University
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CFO gender, capital structure, product market performance, stakeholder theory

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The Financial Burden of Regulation: Impact of Regulatory Intensity on the Cost of Equity

Number of pages: 72 Posted: 09 Apr 2026 Last Revised: 18 Jun 2026
Sadok El Ghoul, Omrane Guedhami, Huan Kuang and Ying (Cathy) Zheng
University of Texas at El Paso - College of Business Administration, University of South Carolina - Moore School of Business, Bryant University and Bryant University
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Regulatory Intensity, Cost of Capital, Corporate Governance