Are treasury securities free of default?

Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 251-265

  Nippani, Srinivas ^a   Liu, Pu ^b   Schulman, Craig T ^b  

^a University of Arkansas at Monticello   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

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EID: 0035635591     PISSN: 00221090     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2676273     Document Type: Article

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