A valuation-based test of market timing

Journal of Corporate Finance

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 112-128

  Elliott, William B ^a   Koëter Kant, Johanna ^b   Warr, Richard S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO   (United States)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Capital structure; Financing deficit; Market timing; Residual income model

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548284444     PISSN: 09291199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcorpfin.2006.12.001     Document Type: Article

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