Measurement errors in investment equations

Review of Financial Studies

Volumn 23, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 3279-3328

  Almeida, Heitor ^a   Campello, Murillo ^a   Galvao Jr , Antonio F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

C23; G31; JEL

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956590722     PISSN: 08939454     EISSN: 14657368     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rfs/hhq058     Document Type: Article

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