Testing Q theory with financing frictions

Journal of Financial Economics

Volumn 83, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 691-717

  Hennessy, Christopher A ^a   Levy, Amnon ^b   Whited, Toni M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Moody's KMV   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Financial frictions; Investment; Q theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 33847183837     PISSN: 0304405X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfineco.2005.12.008     Document Type: Article

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