Do country-level investor protections affect security-level contract design? Evidence from foreign bond covenants

Review of Financial Studies

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 408-438

  Miller, Darius P ^a   Reisel, Natalia ^a  

^a SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

F30; G30; G34

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862928808     PISSN: 08939454     EISSN: 14657368     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rfs/hhr097     Document Type: Article

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