Auction failures and the market for auction rate securities

Journal of Financial Economics

Volumn 97, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 451-469

  McConnell, John J ^a   Saretto, Alessio ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Auction failures; Auction rate securities

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953811515     PISSN: 0304405X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfineco.2010.02.003     Document Type: Article

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