Corporate bond maturity decision: An agency and transaction cost explanation

Applied Financial Economics

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 443-448

  Kare, Dilip D ^a,b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT BANGALORE   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH FLORIDA   (United States)

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EID: 3142628560     PISSN: 09603107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/096031096334079     Document Type: Article

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