Debt and corporate governance in emerging economies: Evidence from India

Economics of Transition

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 293-334

  Sarkar, Jayati ^a   Sarkar, Subrata ^a  

^a INDIRA GANDHI INSTITUTE OF DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Corporate governance; Debt; Institutional change; Ownership structure

Indexed keywords

DEBT; DEVELOPING WORLD; FIRM OWNERSHIP; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; INSTITUTIONAL REFORM; MANUFACTURING;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 40949116405     PISSN: 09670750     EISSN: 14680351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0351.2008.00307.x     Document Type: Article

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