Estimating and Pricing Credit Risk: An Overview

Financial Analysts Journal

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 50-66

  Kao, Duen Li ^a  

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DOI: 10.2469/faj.v56.n4.2373     Document Type: Review

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