Junk Bonds 1988 Status Report

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

Library of Congress.

Industrial concentration.

Securities.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Contained In:

ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection

Place of Publication:

[Washington, D.C.] [publisher not identified] 1988

Summary:

CRS report, prepared by Kevin F. Wynch for the Subcom on General Oversight and Investigations, reviewing the growing market for high-yield bonds, also known as junk bonds, focusing on the role of junk bonds in corporate finance and merger activity

Includes tables throughout

Presents background information on the junk bond market, reviews junk bond yield characteristics and default rates, provides statistical profiles of participants in high-yield bond markets, and examines policy issues involved in the increased issuance and merger-related use of junk bonds

Notes:

CRS Report

Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed June 2010). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC

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Other Format:

Microfiche version Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service. Junk Bonds: 1988 Status Report. 89-H242-1

Publisher Number:

CRS-1988-ECN-0120

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license