Financial constraints on investments: A three-pillar approach

Research in Economics

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 219-254

  Bagella, M ^a   Becchetti, L ^a   Caggese, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Financing constraints; Firm investment

Indexed keywords

EID: 0141574062     PISSN: 10909443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/reec.2000.0249     Document Type: Article

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