On the sensitivity of firms' investment to cash flow and uncertainty

Oxford Economic Papers

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 286-306

  Baum, Christopher F ^a,b   Caglayan, Mustafa ^c   Talavera, Oleksandr ^d  

^a BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^b DIW BERLIN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^d ROBERT GORDON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPITAL FLOW; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; FIRM SIZE; INDUSTRIAL INVESTMENT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 77953280455     PISSN: 00307653     EISSN: 14643812     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oep/gpp015     Document Type: Article

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