Share issuance and cash savings

Journal of Financial Economics

Volumn 99, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 693-715

  David McLean, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cash savings; G30; G31; G32; Market timing; Precautionary motives; Raising capital; Share issuance

Indexed keywords

EID: 78951477704     PISSN: 0304405X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfineco.2010.10.006     Document Type: Article

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