Asset pricing in the dark: The cross-section of OTC stocks

Review of Financial Studies

Volumn 26, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 2985-3028

  Ang, Andrew ^a   Shtauber, Assaf A ^a   Tetlock, Paul C ^a  

^a The Sanford C Bernstein Co Center for Leadership and Ethics   (United States)

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EID: 84902239599     PISSN: 08939454     EISSN: 14657368     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rfs/hht053     Document Type: Article

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