The inventory growth spread

Review of Financial Studies

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 278-313

  Belo, Frederico ^a   Lin, Xiaoji ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84055199560     PISSN: 08939454     EISSN: 14657368     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rfs/hhr069     Document Type: Article

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