Financial constraints, R&D investment, and stock returns

Review of Financial Studies

Volumn 24, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 2974-3007

  Li, Dongmei ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 80051968867     PISSN: 08939454     EISSN: 14657368     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rfs/hhr043     Document Type: Article

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