Finance and misallocation: Evidence from plant-level data

American Economic Review

Volumn 104, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 422-458

  Midrigan, Virgiliu ^a   Xu, Daniel Yi ^b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84894195011     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/aer.104.2.422     Document Type: Article

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