Determinants of sovereign risk: Macroeconomic fundamentals and the pricing of sovereign debt

Review of Finance

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 235-262

  Hilscher, Jens ^a   Nosbusch, Yves ^b  

^a BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 77951249446     PISSN: 15723097     EISSN: 1573692X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rof/rfq005     Document Type: Article

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