Optimal debt structure and the number of creditors

Journal of Political Economy

Volumn 104, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 1-25

  Bolton, Patrick ^a,b   Scharfstein, David S ^c,d  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^b European Centre for Advanced Research in Economics

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

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EID: 0008155671     PISSN: 00223808     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/262015     Document Type: Article

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