Corporate financing in East Asia before the 1997 crash

Journal of International Business Studies

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 990-1004

  Dissanaike, Gishan ^a   Markar, Imran ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b Jumeirah Capital   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

Capital structure; Chaebol; Emerging markets; Financial crisis; Southeast Asia

Indexed keywords

EID: 68349143097     PISSN: 00472506     EISSN: 14786990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/jibs.2009.13     Document Type: Article

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