The capital structure of multinational corporations: Canadian versus U.S. evidence

Journal of Corporate Finance

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 706-720

  Mittoo, Usha R ^a   Zhang, Zhou ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; Capital structure; Multinational corporations

Indexed keywords

EID: 56349153107     PISSN: 09291199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcorpfin.2008.09.012     Document Type: Article

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