Profitable buybacks in sovereign debt

Review of International Economics

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 649-659

  Farazli, Jeannine M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Debt crisis; Lending behavior

Indexed keywords

DEBT CRISIS; LENDING BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0032441674     PISSN: 09657576     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9396.00133     Document Type: Article

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