The impact of firm size on bank debt use

Review of Financial Economics

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 173-189

  Hooks, Linda M ^a  

^a WASHINGTON AND LEE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Asymmetric information; Bank debt; Business credit; Financial intermediaries; Financing policy

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037272452     PISSN: 10583300     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1058-3300(02)00064-2     Document Type: Article

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