Is it inefficient investment that causes the diversification discount?

Journal of Finance

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 1667-1691

  Whited, Toni M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

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EID: 0000929051     PISSN: 00221082     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/0022-1082.00385     Document Type: Article

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