Financial covenants in australian bank-loan contracts: Incidence, measurement rules and monitoring

Australian Accounting Review

Volumn 9, Issue 17, 1999, Pages 63-72

  Mather, Paul ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 33744961372     PISSN: 10356908     EISSN: 18352561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1835-2561.1999.tb00100.x     Document Type: Article

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