Corporate use of interest rate swaps: Theory and evidence

Journal of Banking and Finance

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1511-1538

  Li, Haitao ^a   Mao, Connie X ^b  

^a SAS Institute Inc   (United States)

^b TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agency costs; Bank loan; Comparative advantage; Information asymmetry; Interest rate swap

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037972441     PISSN: 03784266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-4266(02)00275-3     Document Type: Article

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