The effect of refinancing costs and market imperfections on the optimal call strategy and the pricing of debt contracts

Real Estate Economics

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 595-617

  Dunn, Kenneth B ^a   Spatt, Chester S ^a,b  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b United States Securities and Exchange Commission   (United States)

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EID: 30344465308     PISSN: 10808620     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6229.2005.00132.x     Document Type: Review

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