Markets: Transparency and the corporate bond market

Journal of Economic Perspectives

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 217-234

  Bessembinder, Hendrik ^a   Maxwell, William ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

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EID: 45149084993     PISSN: 08953309     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/jep.22.2.217     Document Type: Review

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