The Information Content of Quarterly Earnings in Syndicated Bank Loan Prices

Asia-Pacific Journal of Accounting and Economics

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 91-121

  Allen, Linda ^a   Guo, Hongtao ^b   Weintrop, Joseph ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b THE BRATTLE GROUP   (United States)

Author keywords

earnings announcements; syndicated bank loans

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350608919     PISSN: 16081625     EISSN: 21642257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/16081625.2008.9720813     Document Type: Article

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