Can Operating Leverage Be the Cause of the Value Premium?

Financial Management

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 1127-1154

  García Feijóo, Luis ^a   Jorgensen, Randy D ^b  

^a FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 78649491655     PISSN: 00463892     EISSN: 1755053X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-053X.2010.01106.x     Document Type: Article

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