Determinants of financial covenants and pricing of debt in private debt contracts: The UK evidence

Accounting and Business Research

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 151-166

  Moir, Lance ^a   Sudarsanam, Sudi ^a  

^a CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Costly contracting; Debt contracts; Debt pricing; Financial covenants

Indexed keywords

EID: 34648831618     PISSN: 00014788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00014788.2007.9730066     Document Type: Article

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