Watch What I Do, Not What I Say: The Unintended Consequences of the Homeland Investment Act

Journal of Finance

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 753-787

  Dharmapala, Dhammika ^a   Foley, C Fritz ^b   Forbes, Kristin J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 79956284288     PISSN: 00221082     EISSN: 15406261     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6261.2011.01651.x     Document Type: Article

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