Agency Problems in Public Firms: Evidence from Corporate Jets in Leveraged Buyouts

Journal of Finance

Volumn 67, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 2187-2213

  Edgerton, Jesse ^a  

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EID: 84869860879     PISSN: 00221082     EISSN: 15406261     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6261.2012.01784.x     Document Type: Article

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