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On the signalling property of debt maturity: empirical evidence from a private bank in Vietnam

Robert Lensink Department of Finance, Faculty of Economics, University of Groningen, Groningen, The NetherlandsCorrespondence[email protected]
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Thi Thu Tra Pham Department of Finance, Faculty of Economics, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
Pages 809-816 | Published online: 10 Feb 2011

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