The information content of bank loan covenants

Review of Financial Studies

Volumn 23, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 3700-3737

  Demiroglu, Cem ^a,b   James, Christopher M ^b  

^a KOÇ UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

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EID: 77956906931     PISSN: 08939454     EISSN: 14657368     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rfs/hhq054     Document Type: Article

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