Does national culture affect international corporate cash holdings?

Journal of Multinational Financial Management

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 323-342

  Chang, Kiyoung ^a   Noorbakhsh, Abbas ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SOUTH BEND   (United States)

^b SLIPPERY ROCK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cash holdings; Corporate governance; Culture

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350567335     PISSN: 1042444X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mulfin.2009.07.001     Document Type: Article

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