Determinants of vertical integration: Financial development and contracting costs

Journal of Finance

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 1251-1290

  Acemoglu, Daron ^a   Johnson, Simon ^a   Mitton, Todd ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 65649118577     PISSN: 00221082     EISSN: 15406261     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6261.2009.01464.x     Document Type: Article

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