Taking a view: Corporate speculation, governance, and compensation

Journal of Finance

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 2405-2443

  Géczy, Christopher C ^a   Minton, Bernadette A ^b   Schrand, Catherine M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 34548493706     PISSN: 00221082     EISSN: 15406261     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6261.2007.01279.x     Document Type: Article

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