Institutions, financial markets, and firm debt maturity*

Journal of Financial Economics

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 295-336

  Demirgüç Kunt, Asli ^a   Maksimovic, Vojislav ^b  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Capital structure; Debt maturity; Financial institutions; Legal system

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033472978     PISSN: 0304405X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-405X(99)00039-2     Document Type: Article

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