Common errors: How to (and Not to) control for unobserved heterogeneity

Review of Financial Studies

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 617-661

  Gormley, Todd A ^a   Matsa, David A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84892711304     PISSN: 08939454     EISSN: 14657368     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rfs/hht047     Document Type: Article

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