Founder-CEOs, investment decisions, and stock market performance

Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 439-466

  Fahlenbrach, Rüdiger ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 68949195850     PISSN: 00221090     EISSN: 17566916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022109009090139     Document Type: Article

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