Liquidation under moral hazard: Optimal debt maturity and loan commitments

Journal of Banking and Finance

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 115-133

  Houston, Joel F ^a   Venkataraman, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Capital structure; Loan commitments; Maturity structure

Indexed keywords

EID: 0029690467     PISSN: 03784266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-4266(94)00100-6     Document Type: Article

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