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Does liquidity risk explain low firm performance following seasoned equity offerings?

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Does liquidity risk explain low firm performance following seasoned equity offerings? / Bilinski, Pawel; Strong, Norman; Liu, Weimin.
Lancaster: Lancaster University, 2011.

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Bilinski, Pawel ; Strong, Norman ; Liu, Weimin. / Does liquidity risk explain low firm performance following seasoned equity offerings?. Lancaster : Lancaster University, 2011.

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