Do credit spreads reflect stationary leverage ratios?

Journal of Finance

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 1929-1957

  Collin Dufresne, Pierre ^a   Goldstein, Robert S ^b  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0039107315     PISSN: 00221082     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/0022-1082.00395     Document Type: Article

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