Disproportional control rights and debt maturity
基于美国双重股权公司样本，发现内部人控制权比例失衡越高，公司债务期限越长，且这种关系在控制权易受干扰的公司中更显著，长期债务发行对股东有利。
Using a hand-collected sample of U.S. dual-class firms, we find that corporate debt maturity increases in insiders' disproportional control rights, which is robust to several robustness tests. This relation is more pronounced among firms more vulnerable to control disruption. Besides, firms with greater disproportional control rights issue more long-term new debt. Further analysis of the stock market reaction to new debt issuance shows that controlling insiders' preference for long-term debt benefits outside shareholders. Overall, our findings suggest that the benefits of minimizing control disruption surpass the costs of long-term debt in insider-controlled firms.