Information asymmetry and the value of cash

Journal of Banking and Finance

Volumn 34, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 2168-2184

  Drobetz, Wolfgang ^a   Grüninger, Matthias C ^b   Hirschvogl, Simone ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c KPMG   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Analysts' forecasts; Cash holdings; Information asymmetry; Value of cash

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954143415     PISSN: 03784266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbankfin.2010.02.002     Document Type: Article

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