The role of investment, financing and dividend decisions in explaining corporate ownership structure: Empirical evidence from Spain

European Financial Management

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 661-687

  Pindado, Julio ^a   De La Torre, Chabela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Agency costs; Financing and dividend decisions; Investment; Ownership structure; Panel data

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247855951     PISSN: 13547798     EISSN: 1468036X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-036X.2006.00272.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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