Financial flexibility and corporate liquidity

Journal of Corporate Finance

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 667-674

  Denis, David J ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Corporate liquidity; External finance; Financial flexibility; Payout policy

Indexed keywords

EID: 79954605827     PISSN: 09291199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcorpfin.2011.03.006     Document Type: Article

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