An empirical examination of call option values implicit in U.S. corporate bonds

Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 693-721

  King, Tao Hsien Dolly ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

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EID: 0036921512     PISSN: 00221090     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3595017     Document Type: Article

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