The slope of the credit yield curve for speculative-grade issuers

Journal of Finance

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1869-1884

  Helwege, Jean ^a,b   Turner, Christopher M ^a,b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BlackRock Financial Management Inc   (United States)

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EID: 0039520045     PISSN: 00221082     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/0022-1082.00170     Document Type: Article

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