Financial constraints, asset tangibility, and corporate investment

Review of Financial Studies

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1429-1460

  Almeida, Heitor ^a   Campello, Murillo ^b,c  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

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EID: 34548527528     PISSN: 08939454     EISSN: 14657368     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rfs/hhm019     Document Type: Article

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