Who Uses Interest Rate Swaps? a Cross-Sectional Analysis

Journal of Accounting, Auditing & Finance

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 173-200

  Visvanathan, Gnanakumar ^a  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84990385473     PISSN: 0148558X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0148558X9801300301     Document Type: Article

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