Survival of the fittest or the fattest? Exit and financing in the trucking industry

Journal of Finance

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 905-938

  Zingales, Luigi ^a  

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EID: 0039066439     PISSN: 00221082     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/0022-1082.00039     Document Type: Article

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