Did financial liberalization ease financing constraints? Evidence from Indian firm-level data

Emerging Markets Review

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 176-190

  Ghosh, Saibal ^a  

^a RESERVE BANK OF INDIA   (India)

Author keywords

Dynamic panel; Financing constraints; India; Investment

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646894351     PISSN: 15660141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ememar.2005.09.008     Document Type: Article

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