The declining credit quality of U.S. corporate debt: Myth or reality?

Journal of Finance

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 1389-1413

  Blume, Marshall E ^a   Lim, Felix ^a   Mackinlay, A Craig ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

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EID: 0040757858     PISSN: 00221082     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/0022-1082.00057     Document Type: Article

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