Corporate Goodness and Shareholder Wealth
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Shareholder wealth and firm risk
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: SSRN Electronic Journal
سال: 2013
ISSN: 1556-5068
DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.2287089