Leverage, investment, and firm growth

Journal of Financial Economics

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 3-29

  Lang, Larry ^a   Ofek, Eli ^b   Stulz, René M ^c,d  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Cash flow; Growth; Investment; Leverage; Liquidity

Indexed keywords

EID: 0029693533     PISSN: 0304405X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0304-405X(95)00842-3     Document Type: Article

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