Financial constraints in China: Firm-level evidence

China Economic Review

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 411-422

  Poncet, Sandra ^a,b   Steingress, Walter ^c   Vandenbussche, Hylke ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS 1 PANTHÉON SORBONNE   (France)

^b CEPII   (France)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

China; Firm level data; Foreign direct investment; Investment cash flow sensitivity

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953134387     PISSN: 1043951X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chieco.2010.03.001     Document Type: Article

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