External finance constraints and the intertemporal pattern of intermittent investment

Journal of Financial Economics

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 467-502

  Whited, Toni M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Finance constraints; Hazard estimation; Lumpy investment

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746787205     PISSN: 0304405X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfineco.2005.07.007     Document Type: Article

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