Creditor financing and overbidding in bankruptcy auctions: Theory and tests

Journal of Corporate Finance

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 10-29

  Eckbo, B Espen ^a   Thorburn, Karin S ^a  

^a DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Allocative efficiency; Auction; Bankruptcy; Creditor financing; Going concern sale; Operating performance; Overbidding; Piecemeal liquidation

Indexed keywords

EID: 57749099323     PISSN: 09291199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcorpfin.2008.04.005     Document Type: Article

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