Divestments and financial distress in leveraged buyouts

Journal of Banking and Finance

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 129-159

  Easterwood, John C ^a  

^a PAMPLIN COLLEGE OF BUSINESS   (United States)

Author keywords

Asset sales; Banks; Financial distress; G21; G33; G34

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038909440     PISSN: 03784266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-4266(97)00051-4     Document Type: Article

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