Why do firms go dark?

Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 421-442

  Marosi, András ^a   Massoud, Nadia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

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EID: 34250853543     PISSN: 00221090     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0022109000003331     Document Type: Review

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