Is cash negative debt? A hedging perspective on corporate financial policies

Journal of Financial Intermediation

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 515-554

  Acharya, Viral V ^a   Almeida, Heitor ^b   Campello, Murillo ^c  

^a CEPR   (United Kingdom)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Cash policy; Debt capacity; Financing frictions; Investment; Risk management

Indexed keywords

EID: 34648830566     PISSN: 10429573     EISSN: 10960473     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfi.2007.04.001     Document Type: Article

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