How laws and institutions shape financial contracts: The case of bank loans

Journal of Finance

Volumn 62, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 2803-2834

  Qian, Jun ^a,b   Strahan, Philip E ^a,b,c  

^a BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c NBER ^*

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EID: 36649026728     PISSN: 00221082     EISSN: 15406261     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6261.2007.01293.x     Document Type: Article

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