Debt financing, soft budget constraints, and government ownership: Evidence from China

Economics of Transition

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 461-481

  Tian, Lihui ^a   Estrin, Saul ^b  

^a Peking University   (China)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bank lending; Corporate governance; Government ownership; Soft budget constraints

Indexed keywords

BANKING; CORPORATE STRATEGY; DEBT; LENDING BEHAVIOR;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 34447271483     PISSN: 09670750     EISSN: 14680351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0351.2007.00292.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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