Management compensation and earnings-based covenants as signaling devices in credit markets

Journal of Corporate Finance

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 832-850

  Levine, Carolyn B ^a   Hughes, John S ^b  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Credit markets; Earnings based covenant; Management compensation

Indexed keywords

EID: 27144435490     PISSN: 09291199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcorpfin.2005.08.002     Document Type: Article

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