Bank monitoring and environmental risk

Journal of Business Finance and Accounting

Volumn 34, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 389-401

  Aintablian, Sebouh ^a   Mcgraw, Patricia A ^b   Roberts, Gordon S ^c  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

^b RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bank loans; Canada; Event study; Lender environmental liability

Indexed keywords

EID: 33847400586     PISSN: 0306686X     EISSN: 14685957     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-5957.2006.00644.x     Document Type: Article

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