Testing pecking order prediction from the viewpoint of managerial optimism: Some empirical evidence from Taiwan

Pacific Basin Finance Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 160-181

  Lin, Yueh hsiang ^a   Hu, Shing yang ^b   Chen, Ming shen ^b  

^a TAKMING UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Financing decisions; Management earnings forecasts; Managerial optimism; Pecking order theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 36549027310     PISSN: 0927538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pacfin.2007.04.007     Document Type: Article

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