The debt wish: Rent seeking by business groups and the structure of corporate borrowing in India

Public Choice

Volumn 130, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 209-223

  Majumdar, Sumit K ^a   Sen, Kunal ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Business groups; Indian industry; Rent seeking; Transactions cost

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846456652     PISSN: 00485829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11127-006-9080-6     Document Type: Article

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