On the Pricing of Corporate Debt: The Risk Structure of Interest Rates

1974/05/01 by Robert C. Merton · 6 citations
Economics, Econometrics and Finance · #Credit Risk and Financial Regulations

paper · doi:10.2307/2978814

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Abstract

Robert C. Merton, On the Pricing of Corporate Debt: The Risk Structure of Interest Rates, The Journal of Finance, Vol. 29, No. 2, Papers and Proceedings of the Thirty-Second Annual Meeting of the American Finance Association, New York, New York, December 28-30, 1973 (May, 1974), pp. 449-470

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