Financial Distress and the Cross-section of Equity Returns

Journal of Finance

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 789-822

  Garlappi, Lorenzo ^a   Yan, Hong ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b Shanghai Jiao Tong University   (United States)

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EID: 79956267535     PISSN: 00221082     EISSN: 15406261     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6261.2011.01652.x     Document Type: Article

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