The role of information and financial reporting in corporate governance and debt contracting

Journal of Accounting and Economics

Volumn 50, Issue 2-3, 2010, Pages 179-234

  Armstrong, Christopher S ^a   Guay, Wayne R ^a   Weber, Joseph P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Board structure; Corporate governance; Debt contracts; Executive compensation; Financial accounting; Informal contracts

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649933014     PISSN: 01654101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacceco.2010.10.001     Document Type: Article

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