Collateral, debt capacity, and corporate investment: Evidence from a natural experiment

Journal of Financial Economics

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 709-734

  Gan, Jie ^a  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Bubbles; Collateral; Cost of external financing; Financial constraints; Investment

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547662433     PISSN: 0304405X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfineco.2006.06.007     Document Type: Article

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