The limitations of industry concentration measures constructed with compustat data: Implications for finance research

Review of Financial Studies

Volumn 22, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 3839-3871

  Ali, Ashiq ^a   Klasa, Sandy ^b   Yeung, Eric ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

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EID: 70349467903     PISSN: 08939454     EISSN: 14657368     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rfs/hhn103     Document Type: Article

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