Does internal finance matter for R&D? New evidence from a panel of Italian firms

Cambridge Journal of Economics

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 907-925

  Ughetto, Elisa ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Capital investment; Internal equity finance; R D

Indexed keywords

CAPITAL FLOW; CAPITAL FORMATION; CREDIT PROVISION; DEBT; EQUITY; ESTIMATION METHOD; FINANCIAL MARKET; INDUSTRIAL INVESTMENT; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 55749104261     PISSN: 0309166X     EISSN: 14643545     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cje/ben015     Document Type: Article

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