Opening the black box: Internal capital markets and managerial power

Journal of Finance

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1577-1631

  Glaser, Markus ^a   Lopez De Silanes, Florencio ^b   Sautner, Zacharias ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b EDHEC BUSINESS SCHOOL   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

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EID: 84880843615     PISSN: 00221082     EISSN: 15406261     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jofi.12046     Document Type: Article

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