Japanese firms in financial distress and main banks: Analyses of interest-rate premia

Japan and the World Economy

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 175-194

  Kawai, Masahiro ^a   Hashimoto, Juro ^a   Izumida, Shigemi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Financial distress; Interest rate premia; Main banks

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030160320     PISSN: 09221425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0922-1425(96)00009-6     Document Type: Article

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