The study analyzes the effect of ownership structure on the Brazilian firm debt maturity. The sample is an unbalanced panel dataset with 2,643 firm-year observations from 262 firms listed on the Brazilian stock exchange (B3). The results show that the debt maturity of Brazilian firms is influenced by the firm ownership structure. Specifically, ownership concentration, shareholding control configuration, and the identity of the main shareholder impact agency conflicts in the Brazilian firm. The research contributes to the debate on debt maturity by providing additional evidence for an emerging market, where firms are characterized by their dependence on bank credit, high ownership concentration, and low trading volume on the stock exchange. Therefore, analyzing the largest economy in Latin America, Brazil, with its idiosyncrasies, makes the study of the “capital structure puzzle” relevant from a theoretical perspective by deepening theories proposed for firms in developed markets.
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