Accounting transparency and the term structure of credit spreads

Journal of Financial Economics

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 53-84

  Yu, Fan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Accounting transparency; Corporate disclosure quality; Term structure of credit spreads

Indexed keywords

EID: 11044238574     PISSN: 0304405X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfineco.2004.07.002     Document Type: Article

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