R&D investment and systematic risk

Accounting and Finance

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 393-418

  Ho, Yew Kee ^a   Xu, Zhenyu ^b   Yap, Chee Meng ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Financial leverage; Monte Carlo simulations; Operating leverage; Operating risk; R D intensity

Indexed keywords

EID: 60849117279     PISSN: 08105391     EISSN: 1467629X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-629x.2004.00116.x     Document Type: Article

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