Company name fluency, investor recognition, and firm value

Journal of Financial Economics

Volumn 109, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 813-834

  Green, T Clifton ^a   Jame, Russell ^b,c  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Company names; Fluency; Investor recognition

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879796094     PISSN: 0304405X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfineco.2013.04.007     Document Type: Article

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