Flight-to-quality or flight-to-liquidity? Evidence from the euro-area bond market

Review of Financial Studies

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 925-957

  Beber, Alessandro ^a   Brandt, Michael W ^b   Kavajecz, Kenneth A ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

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EID: 60449112794     PISSN: 08939454     EISSN: 14657368     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rfs/hhm088     Document Type: Article

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