Corporate financial policy and the value of cash

Journal of Finance

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1957-1990

  Faulkender, Michael ^a   Wang, Rong ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

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EID: 33746781777     PISSN: 00221082     EISSN: 15406261     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6261.2006.00894.x     Document Type: Article

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