Benefits of control, capital structure and company growth

Applied Economics

Volumn 40, Issue 21, 2008, Pages 2721-2734

  Mueller, Elisabeth ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR EUROPEAN ECONOMIC RESEARCH ZEW   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPITAL FLOW; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; INDUSTRIAL ENTERPRISE; PRIVATE SECTOR; PROBABILITY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 56349139179     PISSN: 00036846     EISSN: 14664283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00036840600981622     Document Type: Article

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