Information asymmetry and self-selection bias in bank loan announcement studies

Journal of Financial Economics

Volumn 101, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 684-694

  Maskara, Pankaj K ^a   Mullineaux, Donald J ^b  

^a EASTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Announcements; Event studies; Information asymmetry; Loans; Selection bias

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960434245     PISSN: 0304405X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfineco.2011.03.019     Document Type: Article

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