Determinants of leverage in Slovenian blue-chip firms and stock performance following substantial debt increases

Post-Communist Economies

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 479-494

  Berk, Ales ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPITAL MARKET; DEBT; FINANCIAL MARKET; STOCK MARKET; TRANSACTION COST;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SLOVENIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 33845540263     PISSN: 14631377     EISSN: 14653958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14631370601008621     Document Type: Article

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