Direct Evidence on the Informational Properties of Earnings in Loan Contracts

Using a sample of firms that disclose the realizations of earnings used for determining covenant compliance in loan contracts, we provide the first direct evidence on the informational properties of earnings used in the performance covenants included in debt contracts. We find that the earnings meas...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: DYRENG, SCOTT D., VASHISHTHA, RAHUL, Weber, Joseph P
Other Authors: Sloan School of Management
Format: Article
Published: Wiley Blackwell 2019
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/120753
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2221-5198