The strategic use of corporate cash holdings in collective bargaining with labor unions

Journal of Financial Economics

Volumn 92, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 421-442

  Klasa, Sandy ^a   Maxwell, William F ^b   Ortiz Molina, Hernán ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cash holdings; Corporate liquidity policy; Labor unions

Indexed keywords

EID: 67349143981     PISSN: 0304405X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfineco.2008.07.003     Document Type: Article

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