Determinants of corporate debt maturity in Latin America

European Business Review

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 45-70

  Terra, Paulo Renato Soares ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Capital structure; Data analysis; Debts; South America

Indexed keywords

EID: 78751606212     PISSN: 0955534X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09555341111097982     Document Type: Article

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