What drives corporate liquidity? An international survey of cash holdings and lines of credit

Journal of Financial Economics

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 160-176

  Lins, Karl V ^a   Servaes, Henri ^b,c,d   Tufano, Peter ^e,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b LONDON BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c European Corporate Governance Institute   (Belgium)

^d CEPR   (United Kingdom)

^e HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

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EID: 77955271696     PISSN: 0304405X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfineco.2010.04.006     Document Type: Article

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