An empirical test of agency cost reduction using interest rate swaps

Journal of Banking and Finance

Volumn 24, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 1419-1431

  Harper, Joel T ^a   Wingender, John R ^b  

^a FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agency cost; D80; Empirical study; G10; G14; Interest rate swaps

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038127680     PISSN: 03784266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-4266(99)00098-9     Document Type: Article

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