Determinants of corporate cash holdings: Evidence from spin-offs

Journal of Banking and Finance

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1209-1220

  D'Mello, Ranjan ^a   Krishnaswami, Sudha ^b   Larkin, Patrick J ^c  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW ORLEANS   (United States)

^c FAYETTEVILLE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cash allocation decision; Cash ratio; Spin offs; Trade off theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 43949108908     PISSN: 03784266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbankfin.2007.10.005     Document Type: Article

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