Political risk, project finance, and the participation of development banks in syndicated lending

Journal of Financial Intermediation

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 287-314

  Hainz, Christa ^a,b   Kleimeier, Stefanie ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b CESIFO   (Germany)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Political risk; Project finance; Syndicated loans

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857037651     PISSN: 10429573     EISSN: 10960473     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfi.2011.10.002     Document Type: Article

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