Wrongful discharge laws and innovation

Review of Financial Studies

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 301-346

  Acharya, Viral V ^a   Baghai, Ramin P ^b   Subramanian, Krishnamurthy V ^c  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STOCKHOLM SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Sweden)

^c INDIAN SCHOOL OF BUSINESS   (India)

Author keywords

F30; G31; J5; J8; K31

Indexed keywords

EID: 84891450591     PISSN: 08939454     EISSN: 14657368     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rfs/hht009     Document Type: Article

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