On the importance of systematic risk factors in explaining the cross-section of corporate bond yield spreads

Journal of Banking and Finance

Volumn 29, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 3141-3158

  King, Tao Hsien Dolly ^a   Khang, Kenneth ^b  

^a SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b IDAHO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Corporate bond; Systematic risk factors; Yield spread

Indexed keywords

EID: 28044437330     PISSN: 03784266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbankfin.2005.01.007     Document Type: Article

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