The costs of being private: Evidence from the loan market

Review of Financial Studies

Volumn 24, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 4091-4122

  Saunders, Anthony ^a   Steffen, Sascha ^b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANNHEIM   (Germany)

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EID: 81255168554     PISSN: 08939454     EISSN: 14657368     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rfs/hhr083     Document Type: Article

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