African Journal of
Business Management

  • Abbreviation: Afr. J. Bus. Manage.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 1993-8233
  • DOI: 10.5897/AJBM
  • Start Year: 2007
  • Published Articles: 4190

Full Length Research Paper

Sovereign debt crisis and capital structure decisions of firms in GIPSI countries

Oscar Domenichelli
  • Oscar Domenichelli
  • Department of Management, Faculty of Economics “Giorgio Fuà”, Università Politecnica delle Marche, Italy.
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  •  Received: 24 July 2020
  •  Accepted: 04 September 2020
  •  Published: 31 October 2020

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