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Debt composition and lax screening in the Israel corporate bond market

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  • Uri Benzion

    (Western Galilee College, Israel)

  • Eyal Lahav

    (College of Management Academic Studies, Israel)

  • Koresh Galil

    (BGU)

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  • Uri Benzion & Eyal Lahav & Koresh Galil, 2015. "Debt composition and lax screening in the Israel corporate bond market," Working Papers 1504, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Department of Economics.
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    Keywords

    Corporate Bonds; Debt Composition; Credit Rating; Emerging market; Institutional Investors;
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    JEL classification:

    • G23 - Financial Economics - - Financial Institutions and Services - - - Non-bank Financial Institutions; Financial Instruments; Institutional Investors
    • G24 - Financial Economics - - Financial Institutions and Services - - - Investment Banking; Venture Capital; Brokerage
    • G32 - Financial Economics - - Corporate Finance and Governance - - - Financing Policy; Financial Risk and Risk Management; Capital and Ownership Structure; Value of Firms; Goodwill

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