Financial flexibility, performance, and the corporate payout choice

Journal of Business

Volumn 78, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 2179-2203

  Lie, Erik ^a  

^a Dept of Economics and Thomas Jefferson Program in Public Policy at the College of William and Mary   (United States)

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EID: 32144453662     PISSN: 00219398     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/497043     Document Type: Article

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