Do country specific bankruptcy codes determine long-term financial performance? The case of Metallgesellschaft AG and Columbia gas system

Journal of International Financial Management and Accounting

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 188-224

  Jayaraman, Narayanan ^a   Sabherwal, Sanjiv ^b   Shrikhande, Milind ^c  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^c GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 67649884597     PISSN: 09541314     EISSN: 1467646X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-646X.00071     Document Type: Article

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