Determinants of corporate bond returns in Korea: Characteristics or betas?

Asia-Pacific Journal of Financial Studies

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 417-454

  Hong, Woosun ^a   Lee, Seong Hyo ^b   Park, Young S ^c  

^a KIS Pricing Inc   (South Korea)

^b Myong Ji University   (South Korea)

^c Sogang University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Bond characteristics; Bond investment; Bond returns; Credit rating; Duration

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957654218     PISSN: 12261165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2041-6156.2009.tb00019.x     Document Type: Article

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