Comparative costs of negotiated versus competitive bond sales: New evidence from state general obligation bonds

Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 191-211

  Kriz, Kenneth A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Municipal bonds; Public finance; Underwriting

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037410556     PISSN: 10629769     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1062-9769(01)00124-7     Document Type: Article

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