Measuring flight to quality: A local correlation analysis

Review of Accounting and Finance

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 69-87

  Inci, A Can ^a   Li, H C ^a   McCarthy, Joseph ^a  

^a BRYANT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bonds; Equity capital; Germany; Risk management; United Kingdom; United States of America

Indexed keywords

EID: 79957484641     PISSN: 14757702     EISSN: 17587700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14757701111113820     Document Type: Article

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