The U.S. treasury buyback auctions: The cost of retiring illiquid bonds

Journal of Finance

Volumn 62, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 2673-2693

  Han, Bing ^a   Longstaff, Francis A ^b   Merrill, Craig ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

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EID: 36649009367     PISSN: 00221082     EISSN: 15406261     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6261.2007.01289.x     Document Type: Article

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