The market for corporate control and the cost of debt

Journal of Financial Economics

Volumn 93, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 505-524

  Qiu, Jiaping ^a   Yu, Fan ^b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b CLAREMONT MCKENNA COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Business combination laws; Cost of debt; Credit spread; Market for corporate control

Indexed keywords

EID: 68749084552     PISSN: 0304405X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfineco.2008.10.002     Document Type: Article

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