Default Risk and Cross Section of Returns

Prior research uses the basic one-period European call-option pricing model to compute default measures for individual firms and concludes that both the size and book-to-market effects are related to default risk. For example, small firms earn higher return than big firms only if they have higher de...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Nusret Cakici, Sris Chatterjee, Ren-Raw Chen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2019-06-01
Series:Journal of Risk and Financial Management
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/1911-8074/12/2/95