# Profs Asker and Ljungqvist's research on the investment behavior of private firms is featured

1 January 12, 2012 Slate.com ![](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/con_030878.jpg?itok=yZEL47p9)>

Excerpt from [Slate](http://www.slate.com/blogs/moneybox/2012/01/12/publicly_traded_firms_don_t_invest.html) -- "We evaluate differences in investment behavior between stock market listed and privately held firms in the U.S. using a rich new data source on private firms."

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