Corporate hedging and speculative incentives: Implications for swap market default risk

Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 221-250

  Mozumdar, Abon ^a  

^a PAMPLIN COLLEGE OF BUSINESS   (United States)

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EID: 0035614759     PISSN: 00221090     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2676272     Document Type: Article

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