Hedge funds as investors of last resort

Review of Financial Studies

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 541-574

  Brophy, David J ^a   Ouimet, Paige P ^a   Sialm, Clemens ^b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

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EID: 59449097002     PISSN: 08939454     EISSN: 14657368     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rfs/hhl045     Document Type: Article

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