Credit Ratings, Collateral, and Loan Characteristics: Implications for Yield

Journal of Business

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 371-409

  John, Kose ^a   Lynch, Anthony W ^a   Puri, Manju ^b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0345448158     PISSN: 00219398     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/375252     Document Type: Article

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