Agency theoretic determinants of debt levels: Evidence from Ghana

Review of Accounting and Finance

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 183-192

  Abor, Joshua ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GHANA BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Capital structure; Debts; Family firms; Ghana; Owner managers; Small to medium sized enterprises

Indexed keywords

EID: 84992963149     PISSN: 14757702     EISSN: 17587700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14757700810874146     Document Type: Article

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