Sell-side debt analysts

Journal of Accounting and Economics

Volumn 47, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 91-107

  Johnston, Rick ^a   Markov, Stanimir ^b   Ramnath, Sundaresh ^c  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

Analyst; Credit rating; Debt; Financial distress; Information intermediary

Indexed keywords

EID: 59749084951     PISSN: 01654101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacceco.2008.07.001     Document Type: Article

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