Going negative: What to do with negative book equity stocks

Journal of Portfolio Management

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 95-102

  Brown, Stephen ^a   Lajbcygier, Paul ^b   Li, Bob ^b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 56749100541     PISSN: 00954918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3905/JPM.2008.35.1.95     Document Type: Article

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