An Analysis of the Underreported Magnitude of the Total Indirect Costs of Financial Distress

Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 277-293

  Chen, G M ^a,b   Merville, L J ^a,b  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Bankruptcy; Capital structure; Financial distress; Indirect cost

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548592457     PISSN: 0924865X     EISSN: 15737179     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008370531669     Document Type: Article

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