When safe proved risky: Commercial paper during the financial crisis of 2007-2009

Journal of Economic Perspectives

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 29-50

  Kacperczyk, Marcin ^a,b   Schnabl, Philipp ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

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EID: 77951429140     PISSN: None     EISSN: 08953309     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/jep.24.1.29     Document Type: Conference Paper

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