Inheriting losers

Review of Financial Studies

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 786-820

  Jin, Li ^a   Scherbina, Anna ^b  

^a HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 79952177172     PISSN: 08939454     EISSN: 14657368     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rfs/hhq084     Document Type: Article

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