When no law is better than a good law

Review of Finance

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 577-627

  Bhattacharya, Utpal ^a   Daouk, Hazem ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Cornell University ^*  (United States)

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EID: 71949084442     PISSN: 15723097     EISSN: 1573692X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rof/rfp011     Document Type: Article

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