Capital structure choice in European Union: Evidence from the construction industry

Applied Financial Economics

Volumn 17, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 989-1002

  Feidakis, Andreas ^a   Rovolis, Antonios ^b  

^a Section Manager   (Greece)

^b HAROKOPIO UNIVERSITY   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPITAL; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; DECISION MAKING; EUROPEAN UNION; FINANCIAL MARKET; INDUSTRIAL INVESTMENT;

EID: 34548236021     PISSN: 09603107     EISSN: 14664305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09603100600749311     Document Type: Article

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