Asset sales, investment opportunities, and the use of proceeds

Journal of Finance

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 105-135

  Bates, Thomas W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

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EID: 12344275886     PISSN: 00221082     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6261.2005.00726.x     Document Type: Review

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