The determinants of financing obstacles

Journal of International Money and Finance

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 932-952

  Beck, Thorsten ^a   Demirgüç Kunt, Asli ^a   Laeven, Luc ^b   Maksimovic, Vojislav ^c  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

^b INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Financing constraints; Investment models

Indexed keywords

EID: 33748540384     PISSN: 02615606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jimonfin.2006.07.005     Document Type: Article

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