The levered equity risk premium and credit spreads: A unified framework

Review of Financial Studies

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 645-703

  Bhamra, Harjoat S ^a   Kuehn, Lars Alexander ^b   Strebulaev, Ilya A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 76549097242     PISSN: 08939454     EISSN: 14657368     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rfs/hhp082     Document Type: Article

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