Investment adjustment costs: An empirical assessment

Journal of Money, Credit and Banking

Volumn 42, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1469-1494

  Groth, Charlotta ^a   Khan, Hashmat ^b  

^a BANK OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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Investment adjustment costs

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EID: 78649658118     PISSN: 00222879     EISSN: 15384616     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1538-4616.2010.00350.x     Document Type: Article

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