Does stock liquidity enhance or impede firm innovation?

Journal of Finance

Volumn 69, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 2085-2125

  Fang, Vivian W ^a   Tian, Xuan ^b,c   Tice, Sheri ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84904726203     PISSN: 00221082     EISSN: 15406261     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jofi.12187     Document Type: Article

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