Chaebol, investment opportunity set and corporate debt and dividend policies of Korean companies

Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 401-416

  Gul, Ferdinand A ^a   Kealey, Burch T ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Chaebol; Contracting; Corporate policies; Growth opportunities; Korean markets

Indexed keywords

EID: 0011733155     PISSN: 0924865X     EISSN: 15737179     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008397808221     Document Type: Article

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