Opacity of young businesses: Evidence from rating disagreements

Journal of Banking and Finance

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1234-1241

  Hyytinen, Ari ^a,b   Pajarinen, Mika ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^b Bank of Finland ^*  (Finland)

^c Elinkeinoelaman Tutkimuslaitos   (Finland)

Author keywords

Asymmetric information; Financial constraints; Opacity; Small business finance

Indexed keywords

EID: 43949091835     PISSN: 03784266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbankfin.2007.10.006     Document Type: Article

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