Financial Flexibility, Investment Ability, and Firm Value: Evidence from Firms with Spare Debt Capacity

Financial Management

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1339-1365

  Marchica, Maria Teresa ^a   Mura, Roberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 78650050025     PISSN: 00463892     EISSN: 1755053X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-053X.2010.01115.x     Document Type: Article

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