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Cognitive radio emerges as a technology to realize the dynamic spectrum access bydynamically configuring its transmission parameters. In a cognitive radio network(CRN), t[...]

The three essays in this dissertation are focused on the same general research topic: returns to bondholders and the cost of debt. Each of the three essays should be trea[...]