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Informed trading on debt covenant violations: the long and short of it

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  • Yushu Zhu
  • Jennifer Gippel
  • Kathy Walsh

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  • Yushu Zhu & Jennifer Gippel & Kathy Walsh, 2017. "Informed trading on debt covenant violations: the long and short of it," Accounting and Finance, Accounting and Finance Association of Australia and New Zealand, vol. 57(1), pages 289-315, March.
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