Estimating the likelihood of Mexican default from the market prices of brady bonds

Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 109-126

  Claessens, Stijn ^a   Pennacchi, George ^b  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

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EID: 0030559739     PISSN: 00221090     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2331389     Document Type: Article

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