Capital structure with risky foreign investment

Journal of Financial Economics

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 534-553

  Desai, Mihir A ^a   Fritz Foley, C ^a   Hines Jr , James R ^b  

^a HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Capital structure; Multinational firms; Political risk

Indexed keywords

EID: 46049107582     PISSN: 0304405X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfineco.2007.05.002     Document Type: Article

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