Debt maturity: Is long-term debt optimal?

Review of International Economics

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 890-905

  Alfaro, Laura ^a   Kanczuk, Fabio ^b  

^a HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; DEBT; DEVELOPING WORLD; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; EQUILIBRIUM; INTEREST RATE; METHODOLOGY; MODEL; OPTIMIZATION; TAX SYSTEM; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WELFARE ECONOMICS;

EID: 70449669454     PISSN: 09657576     EISSN: 14679396     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9396.2009.00851.x     Document Type: Article

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