The effect of accounting-based debt covenants on equity valuation

Journal of Accounting and Economics

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-34

  Core, John E ^a   Schrand, Catherine M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Debt covenants; Earnings response coefficients; Equity valuation; G12; G13; G14; G21; Leverage; M41; Option pricing models

Indexed keywords

EID: 0013302364     PISSN: 01654101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-4101(98)00043-3     Document Type: Article

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