Corporate financing decisions when investors take the path of least resistance

Journal of Financial Economics

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 266-298

  Baker, Malcolm ^a,b   Coval, Joshua ^a,b   Stein, Jeremy C ^b,c  

^a HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United States)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Equity issuance; Inertia; Mergers

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247263186     PISSN: 0304405X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfineco.2006.03.005     Document Type: Article

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