Is default risk priced in australian equity? exploring the role of the business cycle

Australian Journal of Management

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 217-246

  Chan, Howard ^a   Faff, Robert ^b   Kofman, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

asset pricing; business cycle; default risk

Indexed keywords

EID: 80051982085     PISSN: 03128962     EISSN: 13272020     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0312896211407528     Document Type: Article

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