Financial distress and corporate risk management: Theory and evidence

Journal of Financial Economics

Volumn 87, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 706-739

  Purnanandam, Amiyatosh ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Asset substitution; Derivatives; Hedging; Risk shifting

Indexed keywords

EID: 40849126570     PISSN: 0304405X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfineco.2007.04.003     Document Type: Article

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