Capital expenditures, financial constraints, and the use of options

Journal of Financial Economics

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 238-251

  Adam, Tim ^a,b  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Hedging; Instrument choice; Insurance; Risk management; Speculation

Indexed keywords

EID: 64849104677     PISSN: 0304405X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfineco.2008.04.007     Document Type: Article

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