The independent impact of credit rating changes - The case of Moody's rating refinement on yield premiums

Journal of Business Finance and Accounting

Volumn 26, Issue 3-4, 1999, Pages 337-363

  Liu, Pu ^a   Seyyed, Fazal J ^b   Smith, Stanley D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

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EID: 0011269898     PISSN: 0306686X     EISSN: 14685957     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-5957.00259     Document Type: Article

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