Portfolio claustrophobia: Asset pricing in markets with illiquid assets

American Economic Review

Volumn 99, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1119-1144

  Longstaff, Francis A ^a  

^a NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

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EID: 74949138347     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/aer.99.4.1119     Document Type: Article

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