State laws and debt covenants

Journal of Law and Economics

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 179-207

  Qi, Yaxuan ^a   Wald, John ^b  

^a Civil and Environmental Engineering

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

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EID: 49249106120     PISSN: 00222186     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/520005     Document Type: Article

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