Geographic diversification and agency costs of debt of multinational firms

Journal of Corporate Finance

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 59-92

  Doukas, John A ^a   Pantzalis, Christos ^b,c  

^a OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Debt; Geographic diversification; Multinational firms

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037346535     PISSN: 09291199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0929-1199(01)00056-6     Document Type: Review

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