Capital structure and international debt shifting

Journal of Financial Economics

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 80-118

  Huizinga, Harry ^a   Laeven, Luc ^b   Nicodeme, Gaetan ^c  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND   (United States)

^c EUROPEAN COMMISSION   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Corporate taxation; Debt shifting; Financial structure

Indexed keywords

EID: 42149119756     PISSN: 0304405X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfineco.2007.05.006     Document Type: Article

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