A theory of corporate financial decisions with liquidity and solvency concerns

Journal of Financial Economics

Volumn 99, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 365-384

  Gryglewicz, Sebastian ^a  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Capital structure; Cash holdings; Dividends; Financial distress; Financing constraints

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650304289     PISSN: 0304405X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfineco.2010.09.010     Document Type: Article

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