The economics of structured finance

Journal of Economic Perspectives

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 3-25

  Coval, Joshua ^a   Jurek, Jakub ^b   Stafford, Erik ^a  

^a HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 85011410574     PISSN: None     EISSN: 08953309     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/jep.23.1.3     Document Type: Article

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