The impact of asset repurchases and issues in an experimental market

Review of Finance

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 681-713

  Haruvy, Ernan ^a   Noussair, Charles N ^b   Powell, Owen ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^b TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

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EID: 84899110037     PISSN: 15723097     EISSN: 1573692X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rof/rft007     Document Type: Article

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