On Bond Ratings and Pension Obligations: A Note
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In 1974 ERISA changed the capital structure of firms by subordinating debentures to pension liability. Pension costs and liabilities were included in Moody's bond survey. The inclusion of ERISA improved the predictability of bond ratings with significant improvement of lower quality bonds.
Publication Name: Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis
Subject: Business
ISSN: 0022-1090
Year: 1983
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On the Estimation Risk in First-Order Stochastic Dominance: A Note
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Kroll and Levy's evaluation of the estimation risk in first-order stochastic dominance considers two types of errors. Tests are proposed to discover more easily type 1 error probabilities. Assumption is made that both options have been sampled from the same return distribution.
Publication Name: Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis
Subject: Business
ISSN: 0022-1090
Year: 1983
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