Conservatism in debt contracting: theory and empirical evidenceFootnote^†

† This paper is based on our contributions to the ‘Accounting and Business Research Special Issue Symposium: The Role of Accounting Information in Debt Markets’ at the Annual Congress 2017 of the European Accounting Association.

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