Financial constraints and growth: Multinational and local firm responses to currency depreciations

Review of Financial Studies

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 2857-2888

  Desai, Mihir A ^a,c   Foley, C Fritz ^a   Forbes, Kristin J ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MIT MEDIA LAB   (United States)

^c HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United States)

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EID: 57349168257     PISSN: 08939454     EISSN: 14657368     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rfs/hhm017     Document Type: Article

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