Everything about Covenant

🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path

1. Read the overview: CovenantA 5-minute orientation
2. Skim a recent paper: Covenant of Mayors 2020: Drivers and barriers for monitoring climate action plansInfluential work since 2022
3. Pick up a classic book: Semilla del DiabloThe most-reprinted book on the subject
4. Read the landmark paper: Debt covenant violation and manipulation of accrualsCited 1,922 times
5. Go sideways: AlienA closely related topic
6. Go sideways: Covenant (religion)A closely related topic

🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)

• Debt covenant violation and manipulation of accruals

  Mark L. DeFond, James Jiambalvo · 1994 · Journal of Accounting and Economics · 1,922 citations

• Large–Sample Evidence on the Debt Covenant Hypothesis

  Ilia D. Dichev, Douglas J. Skinner · 2002 · Journal of Accounting Research · 930 citations

• Debt-covenant violations and managers' accounting responses

  Amy Patricia Sweeney · 1994 · Journal of Accounting and Economics · 872 citations

• Measuring the probability of financial covenant violation in private debt contracts

  Peter R. Demerjian, Edward L. Owens · 2016 · Journal of Accounting and Economics · 311 citations

• Debt covenant renegotiations and creditor control rights

  David J. Denis, Jing Wang · 2014 · Journal of Financial Economics · 223 citations

• The importance of accounting changes in debt contracts: the cost of flexibility in covenant calculations

  Anne Beatty, K. Ramesh, Joseph Weber · 2002 · Journal of Accounting and Economics · 205 citations

• Earnings Management Response to Debt Covenant Violations and Debt Restructuring

  Bikki Jaggi, Picheng Lee · 2002 · Journal of Accounting, Auditing & Finance · 189 citations

• The United Nations International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights: Does It Make a Difference in Human Rights Behavior?

  Linda Camp Keith · 1999 · Journal of Peace Research · 187 citations

🆕 Influential since 2022

• Covenant of Mayors 2020: Drivers and barriers for monitoring climate action plans

  Silvia Rivas, Ruben Urraca, Valentina Palermo · 2022 · Journal of Cleaner Production · 60 citations

• Online Learning Platforms and Covenant University Students’ Academic Performance in Practical Related Courses during COVID-19 Pandemic

  Babatunde Adeyeye, Success Emmanuel Ojih, Damilola Bello · 2022 · Sustainability · 45 citations

• The digital covenant: non-centralized platform governance on the mastodon social network

  Robert W. Gehl, Diana Zulli · 2022 · Information, Communication & Society · 40 citations

• Firm innovation and covenant tightness

  Zhiming Ma, Kirill E. Novoselov, Derrald Stice · 2022 · Review of Accounting Studies · 25 citations

• Covenant of Mayors 2020 Achievements: A Two-Speed Climate Action Process

  Silvia Rivas, Ruben Urraca, Paolo Bertoldi · 2022 · Sustainability · 25 citations

📚 Books worth reading

• Semilla del DiabloIra Levin · 1900
• The Blood CovenantH. Clay Trumbull · 1885
• Lord Foul's BaneStephen R. Donaldson · 1977
• A View of the Covenant of GraceThomas Boston · 1734
• The triumph of the CrucifiedErich Sauer, Erich Sauer · 1951
• The Threshold Covenant, orH. Clay Trumbull · 1896
• The Power that PreservesStephen R. Donaldson · 1977
• The Illearth warStephen R. Donaldson · 1977

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