The diversification discount: Cash flows versus returns

Journal of Finance

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 1693-1721

  Lamont, Owen A ^a   Polk, Christopher ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0039842076     PISSN: 00221082     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/0022-1082.00386     Document Type: Article

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