Corporate governance and the value of cash holdings

Journal of Financial Economics

Volumn 83, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 599-634

  Dittmar, Amy ^a   Mahrt Smith, Jan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cash holdings; Corporate governance; Firm value; Ownership structure; Take over provisions

Indexed keywords

EID: 33847233238     PISSN: 0304405X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfineco.2005.12.006     Document Type: Article

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