Monitoring, loan renegotiability, and firm value: The role of lending syndicates

Journal of Banking and Finance

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 577-593

  Preece, Dianna ^a   Mullineaux, Donald J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bank loans; Contracting costs; Loan renegotiations; Monitoring; Syndicates

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030119351     PISSN: 03784266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-4266(95)00006-2     Document Type: Article

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