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Bankruptcy probabilities inferred from option prices. / Taylor, Stephen J.; Tzeng, Chi-Feng; Widdicks, Martin.
In: Journal of Derivatives, Vol. 22, No. 2, 2014, p. 8-31.

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Taylor, SJ, Tzeng, C-F & Widdicks, M 2014, 'Bankruptcy probabilities inferred from option prices', Journal of Derivatives, vol. 22, no. 2, pp. 8-31. https://doi.org/10.3905/jod.2014.22.2.008

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Taylor, S. J., Tzeng, C-F., & Widdicks, M. (2014). Bankruptcy probabilities inferred from option prices. Journal of Derivatives, 22(2), 8-31. https://doi.org/10.3905/jod.2014.22.2.008

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Taylor SJ, Tzeng C-F, Widdicks M. Bankruptcy probabilities inferred from option prices. Journal of Derivatives. 2014;22(2):8-31. doi: 10.3905/jod.2014.22.2.008

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Taylor, Stephen J. ; Tzeng, Chi-Feng ; Widdicks, Martin. / Bankruptcy probabilities inferred from option prices. In: Journal of Derivatives. 2014 ; Vol. 22, No. 2. pp. 8-31.

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