Banking environment and loan syndicate structure: A cross-country analysis

Applied Financial Economics

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 637-648

  Godlewski, Christophe J ^a  

^a Ecole de Management de Strasbourg   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANKING; CAPITAL MARKET; CREDIT PROVISION; DEBT; FINANCIAL MARKET; LENDING BEHAVIOR;

EID: 77951156010     PISSN: 09603107     EISSN: 14664305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09603100903459899     Document Type: Article

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