Price uncertainty and vertical integration: An examination of petrochemical firms

Journal of Corporate Finance

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 345-376

  Fan, Joseph P H ^a  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

D23; L22; Price uncertainty; The petrochemical industry; Vertical integration

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042414034     PISSN: 09291199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0929-1199(00)00006-7     Document Type: Article

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