Capital investment and earnings: International evidence

Corporate Governance: An International Review

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 526-545

  Inci, Ahmet Can ^b   Lee, Bong Soo ^a   Suh, Jungwon ^c  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BRYANT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Ewha Womans University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Capital investment; Corporate governance; Earnings; Financial development; Legal System; Pecking order theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 69949160688     PISSN: 09648410     EISSN: 14678683     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8683.2009.00749.x     Document Type: Article

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