Contracting costs and the window of opportunity for straight debt issues

Journal of Banking and Finance

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 869-888

  Krishnaswami, Sudha ^a   Yaman, Devrim ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ORLEANS   (United States)

^b WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adverse selection; Contracting costs; Financial distress; Moral hazard; Straight debt

Indexed keywords

EID: 33847099589     PISSN: 03784266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbankfin.2006.06.013     Document Type: Article

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