On the scope and drivers of the asset growth effect

Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1651-1682

  Lipson, Marc L ^a   Mortal, Sandra ^b   Schill, Michael J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

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EID: 84856531120     PISSN: 00221090     EISSN: 17566916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022109011000561     Document Type: Article

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