Institutional characteristics and capital structure: A cross-national comparison

Global Finance Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 286-306

  Vasiliou, Dimitrios ^a   Daskalakis, Nikolaos ^b  

^a HELLENIC OPEN UNIVERSITY   (Greece)

^b ATHENS UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Capital structure; Comparison; Institutional characteristics; Questionnaire

Indexed keywords

EID: 59649091567     PISSN: 10440283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gfj.2008.09.002     Document Type: Article

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