Does government ownership affect the cost of debt? evidence from privatization

Review of Financial Studies

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 2693-2737

  Borisova, Ginka ^a   Megginson, William L ^b  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

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EID: 79960513001     PISSN: 08939454     EISSN: 14657368     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rfs/hhq154     Document Type: Article

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