The response of corporate financing and investment to changes in the supply of credit

Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 555-587

  Lemmon, Michael ^a   Roberts, Michael R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

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EID: 78649482018     PISSN: 00221090     EISSN: 17566916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022109010000256     Document Type: Article

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