Agency costs of free cash flow and the effect of shareholder rights on the implied cost of equity capital

Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 171-207

  Chen, Kevin C W ^a   Chen, Zhihong ^b   Wei, K C John ^a  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

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EID: 79952090530     PISSN: 00221090     EISSN: 17566916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022109010000591     Document Type: Article

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