Financial contracting under extreme uncertainty: An analysis of Brazilian corporate debentures

Journal of Financial Economics

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 45-84

  Anderson, Christopher W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Brazil; Contracting; Covenants; D23; Debt structure; Emerging markets; G24; G32; Institutions; K22

Indexed keywords

EID: 0012573734     PISSN: 0304405X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-405X(98)00043-9     Document Type: Article

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