Contagion effects of the world's largest bankruptcy: The case of WorldCom

Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 48-64

  Akhigbe, Aigbe ^a   Martin, Anna D ^b   Whyte, Ann Marie ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AKRON   (United States)

^b FAIRFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bankruptcy; Competitors; Contagion; Creditors; Institutional investors; WorldCom

Indexed keywords

EID: 11844284877     PISSN: 10629769     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.qref.2004.07.002     Document Type: Article

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