The Impact of Financing Surpluses and Large Financing Deficits on Tests of the Pecking Order Theory

Financial Management

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 733-756

  De Jong, Abe ^a   Verbeek, Marno ^b   Verwijmeren, Patrick ^c  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

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EID: 78649522564     PISSN: 00463892     EISSN: 1755053X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-053X.2010.01090.x     Document Type: Article

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