The real effects of financial constraints: Evidence from a financial crisis

Journal of Financial Economics

Volumn 97, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 470-487

  Campello, Murillo ^a   Graham, John R ^b   Harvey, Campbell R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Financial crisis; Financing constraints; Investment spending; Liquidity management; Matching estimators

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953868824     PISSN: 0304405X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfineco.2010.02.009     Document Type: Article

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