Do cultural differences between contracting parties matter? Evidence from syndicated bank loans

Management Science

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 365-383

  Giannetti, Mariassunta ^a   Yafeh, Yishay ^b  

^a STOCKHOLM SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Sweden)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Behavioral bias; Culture; Financial contracts; Risk sharing

Indexed keywords

BANK LOANS; BEHAVIORAL BIAS; CULTURAL DIFFERENCE; DECISION MAKERS; INTEREST RATES; LARGE DATA; RISK-SHARING; SOUTH KOREA;

CELL CULTURE; MANAGEMENT; MANAGEMENT SCIENCE;

RISK MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84861392305     PISSN: 00251909     EISSN: 15265501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.1110.1378     Document Type: Article

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