Is default risk negatively related to stock returns?

Review of Financial Studies

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 2523-2559

  Chava, Sudheer ^a   Purnanandam, Amiyatosh ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

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EID: 77952501900     PISSN: 08939454     EISSN: 14657368     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rfs/hhp107     Document Type: Article

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