The effect of securities litigation on external financing

Journal of Corporate Finance

Volumn 27, Issue , 2014, Pages 231-250

  Autore, Don M ^a   Hutton, Irena ^a   Peterson, David R ^a   Smith, Aimee Hoffmann ^b  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BENTLEY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

External financing; Information asymmetry; Investment; Securities litigation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84902530921     PISSN: 09291199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcorpfin.2014.05.007     Document Type: Article

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