Corporate risk management: Evidence from product liability

Journal of Financial Intermediation

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 152-178

  Beatty, Anne ^a   Gron, Anne ^b   Jorgensen, Bjorn ^c  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Columbia University ^*  (United States)

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EID: 17144396715     PISSN: 10429573     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfi.2004.04.001     Document Type: Article

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