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Financial experts on the top management team: Do they reduce investment inefficiency?

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Financial experts on the top management team: Do they reduce investment inefficiency? / Li, Zhe; Pryshchepa, Oksana; Wang, Bo.
In: Journal of Business Finance and Accounting, Vol. 50, No. 1-2, 07.02.2023, p. 198-235.

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Li, Z, Pryshchepa, O & Wang, B 2023, 'Financial experts on the top management team: Do they reduce investment inefficiency?', Journal of Business Finance and Accounting, vol. 50, no. 1-2, pp. 198-235. https://doi.org/10.1111/jbfa.12575

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Li, Z., Pryshchepa, O., & Wang, B. (2023). Financial experts on the top management team: Do they reduce investment inefficiency? Journal of Business Finance and Accounting, 50(1-2), 198-235. https://doi.org/10.1111/jbfa.12575

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Li Z, Pryshchepa O, Wang B. Financial experts on the top management team: Do they reduce investment inefficiency? Journal of Business Finance and Accounting. 2023 Feb 7;50(1-2):198-235. Epub 2021 Dec 8. doi: 10.1111/jbfa.12575

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Li, Zhe ; Pryshchepa, Oksana ; Wang, Bo. / Financial experts on the top management team : Do they reduce investment inefficiency?. In: Journal of Business Finance and Accounting. 2023 ; Vol. 50, No. 1-2. pp. 198-235.

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