Financial structure and corporate behavior in Japan and the US: Insulation versus integration with speculative pressures

International Review of Applied Economics

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 27-48

  Goldstein, Don ^a  

^a ALLEGHENY COLLEGE   (United States)

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EID: 0002322427     PISSN: 02692171     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02692179700000002     Document Type: Article

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