The informational efficiency of the equity market as compared to the syndicated bank loan market

Journal of Financial Services Research

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 5-42

  Allen, Linda ^a   Gottesman, Aron A ^b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b PACE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Equity; Granger causality; Informational efficiency; Market integration; Syndicated bank loans

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746925199     PISSN: 09208550     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10693-006-8738-z     Document Type: Article

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