Default risk, asset pricing, and debt control

Journal of Financial Econometrics

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 79-106

  Grüne, Lars ^a   Semmler, Willi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

^b NEW SCHOOL FOR SOCIAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Asset value; Bond pricing; Debt control; Default risk; Dynamic programming

Indexed keywords

EID: 27144474606     PISSN: 14798409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jjfinec/nbi006     Document Type: Article

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