The agency costs of overvalued equity and the current state of corporate finance

European Financial Management

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 549-565

  Jensen, Michael C ^a  

^a HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United States)

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EID: 19744364667     PISSN: 13547798     EISSN: 1468036X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1354-7798.2004.00265.x     Document Type: Article

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