Managerial optimism and corporate investment: Some empirical evidence from Taiwan

Pacific Basin Finance Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 523-546

  Lin, Yueh Hsiang ^a,c   Hu, Shing Yang ^b   Chen, Ming Shen ^b  

^a TAKMING UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NONE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Financing constraints; Investment; Managerial optimism

Indexed keywords

EID: 27644481889     PISSN: 0927538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pacfin.2004.12.003     Document Type: Article

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