Governance mechanisms and bond prices

Review of Financial Studies

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1359-1388

  Cremers, K J Martijn ^a,d   Nair, Vinay B ^b   Wei, Chenyang ^c  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^d YALE SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT   (United States)

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EID: 34548522831     PISSN: 08939454     EISSN: 14657368     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/revfin/hhm006     Document Type: Article

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