The Value of Financial Statement Verification in Debt Financing: Evidence from Private U.S. Firms

Journal of Accounting Research

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 457-506

  Minnis, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

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EID: 79953292146     PISSN: 00218456     EISSN: 1475679X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-679X.2011.00411.x     Document Type: Article

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