Foreign currency-denominated borrowing in the absence of operating incentives

Journal of Financial Economics

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 145-177

  McBrady, Matthew R ^a   Schill, Michael J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Capital structure policy; Foreign currency debt; Interest rate parity

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548527517     PISSN: 0304405X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfineco.2006.08.004     Document Type: Article

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