Firm internationalization and the cost of debt financing: Evidence from non-provisional publicly traded debt

Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 395-414

  Reeb, David M ^a   Mansi, Sattar A ^b   Allee, John M ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0035647457     PISSN: 00221090     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2676289     Document Type: Article

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