Are maturity and debt type decisions interrelated? Evidence from Australian firms in international capital markets

Pacific Basin Finance Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 549-569

  Esho, Neil ^a   Lam, Yung ^b   Sharpe, Ian G ^b  

^a Policy Research and Statistics Division at the Australian   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; International capital markets; Maturity; Public and bank debt

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036839276     PISSN: 0927538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0927-538X(02)00051-3     Document Type: Article

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