Information production and capital allocation: Decentralized versus hierarchical firms

Journal of Finance

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 1891-1921

  Stein, Jeremy C ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0008443175     PISSN: 00221082     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/0022-1082.00483     Document Type: Article

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