Debt overhang and recapitalization in closed and open economies

IMF Economic Review

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 157-178

  Philippon, Thomas ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 79960280213     PISSN: 20414161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/imfer.2010.3     Document Type: Article

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