Liquidity or credit risk? the determinants of very short-term corporate yield spreads

Journal of Finance

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 2303-2328

  Covitz, Dan ^a   Downing, Chris ^b  

^a FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD   (United States)

^b Barclays Global Investors

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EID: 34548515509     PISSN: 00221082     EISSN: 15406261     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6261.2007.01276.x     Document Type: Article

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