Vote trading and information aggregation

Journal of Finance

Volumn 62, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 2897-2929

  Christoffersen, Susan E K ^a   Geczy, Christopher C ^b   Musto, David K ^b   Reed, Adam V ^c  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

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EID: 36649016688     PISSN: 00221082     EISSN: 15406261     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6261.2007.01296.x     Document Type: Article

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