Generic Strategy and Capital Structure: the Impacts of Product Differentiation on Financial Leverage
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This study examines the relationship between product differentiation and financial leverage. It argues that product differentiation is associated with investments in firm-specific assets that have lower liquidation value than general assets. Debt investors need to charge a higher interest rate to cover the risk of default, making the firm resort to equity financing and resulting in low financial leverage.
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