Firm Disclosure Policy and the Choice Between Private and Public Debt

Contemporary Accounting Research

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 293-330

  Dhaliwal, Dan S ^a,b   Khurana, Inder K ^c   Pereira, Raynolde ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b University of Korea   (South Korea)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

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EID: 79952343754     PISSN: 08239150     EISSN: 19113846     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1911-3846.2010.01039.x     Document Type: Article

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