GAAP goodwill and debt contracting efficiency: Evidence from net-worth covenants

Review of Accounting Studies

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 87-118

  Frankel, Richard ^a   Seethamraju, Chandra ^b   Zach, Tzachi ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

^b Mellon Capital Management   (United States)

Author keywords

Contracting efficiency; Debt covenants; Goodwill

Indexed keywords

EID: 37849050913     PISSN: 13806653     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11142-007-9045-0     Document Type: Article

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