The link between default and recovery rates: Theory, empirical evidence, and implications

Journal of Business

Volumn 78, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 2203-2227

  Altman, Edward I ^a   Brady, Brooks ^b   Resti, Andrea ^c   Sironi, Andrea ^c  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Standard and Poor's ^*

^c BOCCONI UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

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EID: 32144456998     PISSN: 00219398     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/497044     Document Type: Review

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