Small Firm Capital Structure and the Syndicated Loan Market

Journal of Financial Services Research

Volumn 39, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 55-70

  Maskara, Pankaj Kumar ^a   Mullineaux, Donald J ^b  

^a EASTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Capital structure; Leverage; Syndicated loans

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952195852     PISSN: 09208550     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10693-010-0086-3     Document Type: Article

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