The debt overhang and the disincentive to invest

Journal of Development Economics

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 169-187

  Deshpande, Ashwini ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

Debt overhang; External debt; Investment

Indexed keywords

EID: 0007738417     PISSN: 03043878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3878(96)00435-X     Document Type: Article

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