Do Peer Firms Affect Corporate Financial Policy?

Journal of Finance

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 139-178

  Leary, Mark T ^a   Roberts, Michael R ^b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

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EID: 84891796617     PISSN: 00221082     EISSN: 15406261     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jofi.12094     Document Type: Article

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