On the relation between the credit spread puzzle and the equity premium puzzle

Review of Financial Studies

Volumn 22, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 3367-3409

  Chen, Long ^a   Collin Dufresne, Pierre ^b   Goldstein, Robert S ^c  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^c University of Minnesota and NBER   (United States)

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EID: 71949092664     PISSN: 08939454     EISSN: 14657368     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rfs/hhn078     Document Type: Article

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