A Unified Theory of Tobin'sq, Corporate Investment, Financing, and Risk Management

Journal of Finance

Volumn 66, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1545-1578

  Bolton, Patrick ^a   Chen, Hui ^b   Wang, Neng ^a  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 80053061379     PISSN: 00221082     EISSN: 15406261     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6261.2011.01681.x     Document Type: Article

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