Regulatory pressure and fire sales in the corporate bond market

Journal of Financial Economics

Volumn 101, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 596-620

  Ellul, Andrew ^a   Jotikasthira, Chotibhak ^b   Lundblad, Christian T ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Corporate bonds; Fire sales; Insurance companies; Liquidity; Price pressure; Regulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960419905     PISSN: 0304405X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfineco.2011.03.020     Document Type: Article

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