On the neutrality of debt in investment intensity

Annals of Finance

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 335-356

  Wong, Kit Pong ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Capital structure; Investment intensity; Investment timing; Real options

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952421663     PISSN: 16142446     EISSN: 16142454     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10436-009-0137-7     Document Type: Article

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