Do firm boundaries matter?

American Economic Review

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 195-199

  Mullainathan, Sendhil ^b   Scharfstein, David ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 0041077434     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/aer.91.2.195     Document Type: Article

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