Managerial ability, compensation, and the closed-end fund discount

Journal of Finance

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 529-556

  Berk, Jonathan B ^a   Stanton, Richard ^b  

^a NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 33947279385     PISSN: 00221082     EISSN: 15406261     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6261.2007.01216.x     Document Type: Article

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