Securities laws in the host countries and the capital structure of US multinationals

International Review of Economics and Finance

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 483-500

  Mishra, Dev ^a   Tannous, George ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Capital structure; International diversification; International finance; Securities laws

Indexed keywords

EID: 77949267068     PISSN: 10590560     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.iref.2009.10.013     Document Type: Article

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