Asset growth and the cross-section of stock returns

Journal of Finance

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1609-1651

  Cooper, Michael J ^a   Gulen, Huseyin ^b   Schill, Michael J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

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EID: 47749103670     PISSN: 00221082     EISSN: 15406261     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6261.2008.01370.x     Document Type: Article

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