Performance pricing in bank debt contracts

Journal of Accounting and Economics

Volumn 40, Issue 1-3, 2005, Pages 101-128

  Asquith, Paul ^a   Beatty, Anne ^b   Weber, Joseph ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Accounting choice; Agency theory; Contracting; Debt contracting; Positive accounting

Indexed keywords

EID: 27744579339     PISSN: 01654101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacceco.2004.09.005     Document Type: Article

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