Recovery rates of commercial lending: Empirical evidence for German companies

Journal of Banking and Finance

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 505-513

  Grunert, Jens ^a   Weber, Martin ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANNHEIM   (Germany)

^c CEPR   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bank loans; Credit risk; Recovery rate

Indexed keywords

EID: 58149170598     PISSN: 03784266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbankfin.2008.09.002     Document Type: Article

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