Capital structure around the world: The roles of firm- and country-specific determinants

Journal of Banking and Finance

Volumn 32, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1954-1969

  de Jong, Abe ^a   Kabir, Rezaul ^b   Nguyen, Thuy Thu ^a  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Capital structure; Country specific factors; Firm specific factors; International evidence; Leverage

Indexed keywords

EID: 48749100473     PISSN: 03784266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbankfin.2007.12.034     Document Type: Article

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