Financial constraints and capacity adjustment: Evidence from a large panel of survey data

Economica

Volumn 73, Issue 292, 2006, Pages 691-724

  von Kalckreuth, Ulf ^a  

^a DEUTSCHE BUNDESBANK   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADJUSTMENT MECHANISM; FINANCE; FIRM SIZE; INDUSTRIAL PERFORMANCE; MANUFACTURING; PANEL DATA;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33749608780     PISSN: 00130427     EISSN: 14680335     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0335.2006.00514.x     Document Type: Article

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