Measuring and analyzing sovereign risk with contingent claims

IMF Staff Papers

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 109-148

  Gapen, Michael ^a   Gray, Dale ^a   Lim, Cheng Hoon ^a   Xiao, Yingbin ^a  

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EID: 41449117002     PISSN: 10207635     EISSN: 15645150     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.imfsp.9450026     Document Type: Article

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