Credit enhancement through financial engineering: Freeport McMoRan's gold-denominated depositary shares

Journal of Financial Economics

Volumn 60, Issue 2-3, 2001, Pages 487-528

  Chidambaran, N K ^a   Fernando, Chitru S ^a   Spindt, Paul A ^a  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Credit enhancement; G13; G32; Gold linked; Hybrid securities; Risk management

Indexed keywords

EID: 0041902319     PISSN: 0304405X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-405X(01)00051-4     Document Type: Article

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