Does corporate governance matter to bondholders?

Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 693-719

  Klock, Mark S ^a   Mansi, Sattar A ^b   Maxwell, William F ^c  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PAMPLIN COLLEGE OF BUSINESS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

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EID: 30344478243     PISSN: 00221090     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022109000001940     Document Type: Review

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