Corporate finance in Europe: Confronting theory with practice

Financial Management

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 71-101

  Braunen, Dirk ^a   De Jong, Abe ^a   Koedijk, Kees ^a,b  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b CEPR   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 11244313074     PISSN: 00463892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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