How profitable is capital structure arbitrage?

Financial Analysts Journal

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 47-62

  Yu, Fan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 33750049653     PISSN: 0015198X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2469/faj.v62.n5.4282     Document Type: Review

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