Corporate financial distress and bankruptcy: A survey

Foundations and Trends in Finance

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 243-335

  Senbet, Lemma W ^a   Wang, Tracy Yue ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

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EID: 84868375816     PISSN: 15672395     EISSN: 15672409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1561/0500000009     Document Type: Review

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