Product Market Threats, Payouts, and Financial Flexibility

Journal of Finance

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 293-324

  Hoberg, Gerard ^a   Phillips, Gordon ^b   Prabhala, Nagpurnanand ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 84891792967     PISSN: 00221082     EISSN: 15406261     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jofi.12050     Document Type: Article

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