The choice between public and private debt: A survey

We survey the major theoretical and empirical findings of the research on the firm’s choice between public and private debt, and on the subsequent decision between bank and non-bank private debt. First, we review information-based theories, where banks are information producers, keep the firm’s priv...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Jayant R. Kale, Costanza Meneghetti
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2011-03-01
Series:IIMB Management Review
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0970389610001072