Macroeconomic conditions, firm characteristics, and credit spreads

Journal of Financial Services Research

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 177-210

  Tang, Dragon Yongjun ^a   Yan, Hong ^b,c  

^a KENNESAW STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Credit spreads; Default risk; Macroeconomic conditions

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646733844     PISSN: 09208550     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10693-006-7625-y     Document Type: Article

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