Agency costs of overvalued equity

Financial Management

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 5-19

  Jensen, Michael C ^a,b  

^a HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United States)

^b Monitor United States   (United States)

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EID: 19744374683     PISSN: 00463892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-053X.2005.tb00090.x     Document Type: Review

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