Investment Opportunities, Liquidity Premium, and Conglomerate Mergers

Journal of Business

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 45-74

  Chang, Chun ^a   Yu, Xiaoyun ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 2442430468     PISSN: 00219398     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/379861     Document Type: Article

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