The Legal Enforcement of Credit Contracts and the Level of Investment
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Keywords
moral hazard; collateral; corporate finance; legal enforcement;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- G30 - Financial Economics - - Corporate Finance and Governance - - - General
- K1 - Law and Economics - - Basic Areas of Law
- K4 - Law and Economics - - Legal Procedure, the Legal System, and Illegal Behavior
NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-LAW-2001-11-05 (Law and Economics)
- NEP-MFD-2001-11-05 (Microfinance)
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