Testing financing constraints on firm investment using variable capital

Journal of Financial Economics

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 683-723

  Caggese, Andrea ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Financing constraints; Investment

Indexed keywords

EID: 36148950152     PISSN: 0304405X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfineco.2006.11.005     Document Type: Article

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