Corporate cash holdings: An empirical investigation of UK companies

Journal of Banking and Finance

Volumn 28, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 2103-2134

  Ozkan, Aydin ^a   Ozkan, Neslihan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cash holdings; Firm heterogeneity; Ownership structure; Panel data

Indexed keywords

EID: 3242885273     PISSN: 03784266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbankfin.2003.08.003     Document Type: Article

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