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Determinants of Debt, Bank Loans, and Trade Credit of Private Firms in the Transition Period: The Case of Myanmar

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Recovering Financial Systems

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Abstract

This chapter examines the fund-raising behaviors of firms under a primitive financial system during the initial stages of a transition economy. Specific attention is given to the case of the Myanmar economy in the late 1990s.

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Mariko Watanabe (research fellow)

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© 2006 Institute of Developing Economies (IDE), JETRO

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Mieno, F. (2006). Determinants of Debt, Bank Loans, and Trade Credit of Private Firms in the Transition Period: The Case of Myanmar. In: Watanabe, M. (eds) Recovering Financial Systems. IDE-JETRO. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230624863_8

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