Underinvestment vs. overinvestment: Evidence from price reactions to pension contributions

Journal of Financial Economics

Volumn 92, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 491-518

  Franzoni, Francesco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LUGANO   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Corporate governance; Financial constraints; Overinvestment; Underinvestment

Indexed keywords

EID: 67349228183     PISSN: 0304405X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfineco.2008.06.004     Document Type: Article

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