Capital structure and financing of SMEs: Australian evidence

Accounting and Finance

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 123-147

  Cassar, Gavin ^a   Holmes, Scott ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Capital structure; Financing; Small and medium sized enterprises

Indexed keywords

EID: 4043131427     PISSN: 08105391     EISSN: 1467629X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-629X.t01-1-00085     Document Type: Article

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