New evidence on the pecking order hypothesis: The case of French convertible bonds

Journal of Multinational Financial Management

Volumn 10, Issue 3-4, 2000, Pages 439-459

  Burlacu, Radu ^a,b  

^a UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^b NONE   (France)

Author keywords

Convertible bonds; Equity component; Market reaction

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034391511     PISSN: 1042444X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1042-444x(00)00036-0     Document Type: Article

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