Where do financial constraints originate from? An empirical analysis of adverse selection and moral hazard in capital markets

Small Business Economics

Volumn 27, Issue 4-5, 2006, Pages 323-348

  Hyytinen, Ari ^a   Väänänen, Lotta ^b  

^a Elinkeinoelaman Tutkimuslaitos   (Finland)

^b HELSINKI SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Finland)

Author keywords

Adverse selection; Financial constraints; Moral hazard

Indexed keywords

EID: 33751080755     PISSN: 0921898X     EISSN: 15730913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11187-005-0610-2     Document Type: Article

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