Firm internationalization and capital structure in developing countries: The role of financial development

Emerging Markets Finance and Trade

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 169-189

  Gonenc, Halit ^a   De Haan, Daniel J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b Multinational Advisory Practice   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

agency cost of debt; capital structure; developing countries; financial development; firm internationalization

Indexed keywords

EID: 84905046351     PISSN: 1540496X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2753/REE1540-496X500210     Document Type: Article

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