Estimating the effect of hierarchies on information use

Review of Financial Studies

Volumn 22, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 4057-4090

  Liberti, Jose M ^a   Mian, Atif R ^b  

^a DEPAUL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

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EID: 70349459777     PISSN: 08939454     EISSN: 14657368     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rfs/hhn118     Document Type: Article

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