Corporate reliance on bank loans: an empirical analysis of UK property companies

Journal of Property Investment & Finance

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 103-120

  Ooi, Joseph ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Banks; Borrowing; Debt; Property; United Kingdom

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986031628     PISSN: 1463578X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14635780010316681     Document Type: Review

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