Asset liquidity, debt covenants, and managerial discretion in financial distress: The collapse of L.A. Gear

Journal of Financial Economics

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 3-34

  DeAngelo, Harry ^a   DeAngelo, Linda ^a   Wruck, Karen H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Asset liquidity; Bank lending; Capital structure; Debt covenants; Financial distress

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036232557     PISSN: 0304405X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-405X(02)00069-7     Document Type: Article

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