Evidence on the dark side of internal capital markets

Review of Financial Studies

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 581-599

  Ozbas, Oguzhan ^a   Scharfstein, David S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

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EID: 76549085231     PISSN: 08939454     EISSN: 14657368     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rfs/hhp071     Document Type: Article

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