Effect of foreign ownership on cost of borrowing: Evidence from small and medium-sized enterprises in China

International Small Business Journal: Researching Entrepreneurship

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 693-715

  Chen, Dong ^a   Ding, Shujun ^b   Wu, Zhenyu ^c  

^a LOYOLA MARYMOUNT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

China; cost of debt; foreign ownership; signalling; small business

Indexed keywords

EID: 84907162965     PISSN: 02662426     EISSN: 17412870     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0266242613481991     Document Type: Article

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