Italian government debt and sovereign credit risk: An empirical exploration and some thoughts about consequences for European insurers

Zeitschrift fur die gesamte Versicherungswissenschaft

Volumn 101, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 571-579

  Basse, Tobias ^a   Friedrich, Meik ^b   Kleffner, Anne ^c  

^a TOURO COLLEGE   (United States)

^b Hochschule Weserbergland   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

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EID: 84873123229     PISSN: 00442585     EISSN: 18659748     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12297-012-0208-0     Document Type: Article

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