Sharing information in the credit market: Contract-level evidence from U.S. firms

Journal of Financial Economics

Volumn 109, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 198-223

  Doblas Madrid, Antonio ^a   Minetti, Raoul ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Credit bureaus; Credit contracts; Information asymmetries

Indexed keywords

EID: 84892443296     PISSN: 0304405X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfineco.2013.02.007     Document Type: Article

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