Debt buybacks, debt reduction, and debt rescheduling under asymmetric information

Journal of Money, Credit and Banking

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 13-27

  Fernandez Ruiz, Jorge ^a  

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EID: 0034404869     PISSN: 00222879     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2601090     Document Type: Article

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