Optimal lending contracts and firm dynamics

Review of Economic Studies

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 285-315

  Albuquerque, Rui ^a   Hopenhayn, Hugo A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD TORCUATO DI TELLA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREDIT PROVISION; DEBT; LENDING BEHAVIOR; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 1942533418     PISSN: 00346527     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/0034-6527.00285     Document Type: Article

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