Focus, liquidity and firm value: An empirical study of listed property trusts in Australia

Pacific Rim Property Research Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 84-111

  Hedander, Johan ^a  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Australia; Dollar trading volume; Herfindahl Index; LPTs; Market to NTA

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052979991     PISSN: 14445921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14445921.2005.11104177     Document Type: Article

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