The impact of cash flow volatility on discretionary investment and the costs of debt and equity financing *

Journal of Financial Economics

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 423-460

  Minton, Bernadette A ^a   Schrand, Catherine ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cash flow volatility; Cost of debt financing; Cost of equity financing; Investment

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033472983     PISSN: 0304405X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-405X(99)00042-2     Document Type: Article

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