Capital structure and growth of the firms in the backward regions of the south Italy

Applied Financial Economics

Volumn 18, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 821-833

  Sarno, Domenico ^a  

^a SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPITAL; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; FINANCIAL MARKET; GROWTH RATE; SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 45949103256     PISSN: 09603107     EISSN: 14664305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09603100701222309     Document Type: Article

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