Financial Determinants of Corporate Bond Ratings: An Examination of Hotel and Casino Firms

Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Research

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 95-108

  Kim, Hyunjoon ^a   Gu, Zheng ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

bond rating; hotels and casinos; ordinary least square model; prediction

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845498381     PISSN: 10963480     EISSN: 15577554     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1096348003261217     Document Type: Article

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