Accounting conservatism and the efficiency of debt contracts

Journal of Accounting Research

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 767-797

  Gigler, Frank ^a   Kanodia, Chandra ^a   Sapra, Haresh ^b   Venugopalan, Raghu ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

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EID: 63849316353     PISSN: 00218456     EISSN: 1475679X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-679X.2009.00336.x     Document Type: Article

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